Part 1347

<hw>Branch"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fullness of branches.</def>

<h1>Branching</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.</def>

<blockquote>Shaded with <b>branching</b> palm. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Branching</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Branch"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.</def>

<blockquote>The sciences, with their numerous <b>branchings</b>. <i>L. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Branchiogastropoda</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran`chi*o*gas*trop"o*da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ gill + E. <ets>gastropoda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchi\'91, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.</def>

<h1>Branchiomerism</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran`chi*om"er*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ gill + <ets>-mere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The state of being made up of branchiate segments.</def>

<i>R. Wiedersheim.</i>

<h1>Branchiopod</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran"chi*o*pod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Branchiopoda.</def>

<h1>Branchiopoda</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran"chi*o*poda</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ gill + <ets>-poda</ets>: cf. F. <ets>branchiopode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera <i>Branchipus</i>, <i>Apus</i>, and <i>Limnadia</i>, and the genus <i>Artemia</i> found in salt lakes. It is also called <i>Phyllopoda</i>. See <er>Phyllopoda</er>, <er>Cladocera</er>. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.</def>

<h1>Branchiostegal</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran`chi*os"te*gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ gill + <?/ to cover: cf. F. <ets>branchiost\'8age</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A branchiostegal ray. See <i>Illustration</i> of <cref>Branchial arches</cref> in Appendix.</def></def2>

<note>&hand; This term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchi\'91. But the arrangement was artificial, and has been rejected.</note>

<h1>Branchiostege</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran`chi*os"tege</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The branchiostegal membrane. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Branchiostegous</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran`chi*os"te*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Branchiostegal.</def>

<h1>Branchiostoma</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran`chi*os"to*ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr., Gr. <?/ gill + <?/ mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lancelet. See <er>Amphioxus</er>.</def>

<h1>Branchiura</h1> <Xpage=175>

<hw>Bran"chi*u"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr., Gr. <?/ gill + <?/ tail.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (<spn>Argulus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Branchless</h1> <Xpage=175>