trichobranchia

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noun

The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.

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Meanings

nountrichobranchia (plural trichobranchiae)

plural trichobranchiae

  1. biologyThe gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.

Origin

From tricho- + branchia.

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APA

trichobranchia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichobranchia

MLA

“trichobranchia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichobranchia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trichobranchia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trichobranchia.

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