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abranchious

abranchious

9.9
An animal that has no gills for breathing in water
  • adjective
  • /əˈbræŋkiəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : abranchioso
  • The adult terrestrial salamander is abranchious and relies on lungs for respiration.

Examples

  • Unlike its aquatic relatives, this species develops into an abranchious adult.

  • Many abranchious animals rely on lungs for respiration.

  • Some parasitic flatworms are abranchious throughout their entire life cycle.

  • The abranchious species adapted to life on land.

  • The adult terrestrial salamander is abranchious and relies on lungs for respiration.

  • Some parasitic flatworms are abranchious throughout their entire life cycle.

  • Many abranchious animals rely on lungs for respiration.

Synonyms

abranchial
vsabranchious
  • Specialized
9.9

An animal that has no gills

is the same meaning but differs in form or word ending
abranchiate
vsabranchious
  • Specialized
9.9

An animal that has no gills and breathes air

is the same meaning but uses an alternative morphological form
gill-less
vsabranchious
  • Specialized
8.6

Not having the thin breathing parts on the sides of fish

is the same meaning but appears in more technical variants

Antonyms

gilled
  • Specialized
4.9

Having thin plates underneath, as in fish for breathing or mushrooms for making spores

Surface Forms

abranchious positive

Morphology

abranchious = branchial (opaque) = a + branchi + ous

The suffix '-ous' forms an adjective from 'branchial', but the prefix 'a-' meaning 'without' is not immediately clear without specialized knowledge.

Etymology

The word abranchious comes from the parts a- 'without' and branchia 'gills'. So an abranchious animal is one that has no gills.