pleurobranch

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pleurobranch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pleurobranch \Pleu"ro*branch\, n. [See Pleuro-, and
     Branchia.] (Zool.)
     Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the
     side of the thorax.
     [1913 Webster]