pulmobranchia

noun

pul·​mo·​branchia

¦pəl(ˌ)mō+

plural pulmobranchiae

1

: a gill or similar organ so modified as to breathe air

2

: a book lung (as of a spider)

pulmobranchial

¦⸗⸗+

adjective

pulmobranchiate

"+

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pulmo- + -branchia

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