BRANCHIFEROUS
Bran*chif"er*ous, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods.
BRANCHINESS
Branch"i*ness, n.
Defn: Fullness of branches.
BRANCHING
Branch"ing, a.
Defn: Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a
branch or branches.
Shaded with branching palm. Milton.
BRANCHING
Branch"ing, n.
Defn: The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch. The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts.
BRANCHIOGASTROPODA
Bran`chi*o*gas*trop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. gastropoda.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the
Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.