branchiform [brang-kuh-fawrm] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- shaped like a gill.
Origin of branchiform First recorded in 1835–45; branchi- + -form Examples from the Web for branchiform Historical Examples of branchiform
Spiracles; Respiratory plates; and branchiform and other pneumatic appendages.
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