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branchellion|bræŋˈkɛlɪən| [a. Fr. branchellion, shortened by Savigny from the earlier branchiobdellion lit. ‘a leech having gills’; cf. branchio- and Gr. βδέλλα leech.] A species of Annelid, a leech which attacks fishes and tortoises.
1847in Craig. 1876Beneden Anim. Parasites 113. |