Respiratory Systems In Animals

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noun Abranchia refers to a group of amphibians that lack gills and breathe through their skin or lungs.

  • Abranchia is a term used in biology to describe animals that lack gills or other external respiratory organs.
  • I learned in my biology class that abranchia refers to animals without external respiratory organs.
  • Hey, did you know that abranchia means animals that don't have gills?
  • In a metaphorical sense, being abranchia in this industry means lacking the necessary connections to succeed.

noun a taxonomic group of animals that lack gills and breathe through their skin or other organs

adjective relating to or characteristic of abranchiates

  • The abranchiata class of animals includes organisms that lack gills and breathe through their skin or other means.
  • I learned in biology class that abranchiata animals don't have gills and breathe in a different way.
  • Dude, did you know abranchiata creatures don't even have gills to breathe?
  • Being in a new environment felt like being an abranchiata creature trying to adapt to a different way of life.