Webster's Dictionary 1913

4537

Branchial

Bran″chi‐al (�), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to branchiæ or gills.Branchial arches, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes ...

4538

Branchiate

Bran″chi‐ate (�), a.(Anat.) Furnished with branchiæ; as, branchiate segments.

4539

Branchiferous

Bran‐chif″er‐ous (�), a.(Anat.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods.

4540

Branchiness

Branch″i‐ness (�), n. Fullness of branches.

4541

Branching

Branch″ing, a. Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.Shaded with branching palm.Milton.

4542

Branching (2)

Branch″ing, n. The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.The sciences, with their numerous branchings.L. Watts.

4543

Branchiogastropoda

‖Bran′chi‐o‐gas‐trop″o‐da (�), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � gill + E. gastropoda.] (Zoöl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchi...

4544

Branchiomerism

Bran′chi‐om″er‐ism (�), n. [Gr. � gill + -mere.] (Anat.) The state of being made up of branchiate segments. R. Wiedersheim.

4545

Branchiopod

Bran″chi‐o‐pod (�), n. One of the Branchiopoda.

4546

Branchiopoda

‖Bran″chi‐o‐poda (�), n. pl. [Gr. � gill + -poda: cf. F. branchiopode.] (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca; — so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perfor...

4547

Branchiostegal

Bran′chi‐os″te‐gal (�), a. [Gr. � gill + � to cover: cf. F. branchiostège.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes. — n.(Anat.) A branchiostegal ray. Se...

4548

Branchiostege

Bran′chi‐os″tege (�), (Anat.) The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix.

4549

Branchiostegous

Bran′chi‐os″te‐gous (�), a.(Anat.) Branchiostegal.

4550

Branchiostoma

‖Bran′chi‐os″to‐ma (�), n.(Zoöl.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus.

4551

Branchiura

‖Bran″chi‐u″ra (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).

4552

Branchless

Branch″less (�), a. Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

4553

Branchlet

Branch″let (�), n. [Branch + -let.] A little branch; a twig.

4554

Branchy

Branch″y (�), a. Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom.J. Scott.

4555

Brand

Brand (�), n. [OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. √3...

4556

Brand (2)

Brand (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Branded; p. pr. & vb. n.Branding.]. 1. To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as...

4557

Brand goose

Brand″ goose′ (�). [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandgås. Cf. Brant.] (Zoöl.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant.

4558

Brand iron

Brand″ i′ron. 1. A branding iron.2. A trivet to set a pot on. Huloet.3. The horizontal bar of an andiron.

4559

Brand spore

Brand″ spore′ (�). (Bot.) One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.

4560

Brand-new

Brand″–new″ (�), a. [See Brand, and cf. Brannew.] Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.

4561

Brandenburg

Bran″den‐burg (?), n. [So named after Brandenburg, a province and a town of Prussia.] A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in so...

4562

Brander

Brand″er (�), n. 1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron.2. A gridiron.

4563

Brandied

Bran″died (�), a. Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy; flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.