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CTENIDIUM
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: ctenidia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ctenidium" is a kind of...):
branchia; gill (respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water)