-branchcomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -branche; Latin -branchus, -branchia.

Etymology: < French -branche (in e.g. nudibranche nudibranch n.) and its etymon scientific Latin -branchus or (in names of orders or groups) -branchia < classical Latin branchia gills (see branchiae n.).

Zoology.

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Forming nouns denoting gill formations or animals with gill formations of the type specified by the first element, and adjectives relating to such gill formations or animals, as nudibranch n. and adj., prosobranch n. and adj., etc. Cf. -branchiate comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	-branch
释义	-branchcomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -branche; Latin -branchus, -branchia. Etymology: < French -branche (in e.g. nudibranche nudibranch n.) and its etymon scientific Latin -branchus or (in names of orders or groups) -branchia < classical Latin branchia gills (see branchiae n.). Zoology. Categories » Forming nouns denoting gill formations or animals with gill formations of the type specified by the first element, and adjectives relating to such gill formations or animals, as nudibranch n. and adj., prosobranch n. and adj., etc. Cf. -branchiate comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < comb. form
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