| 单词 | parabranchia | 
| 释义 | parabranchian. Zoology. Now rare.   The modified osphradium of certain gastropod molluscs, considered as a secondary branchia or gill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > 			[noun]		 > member of > parts of > modified osphradium parabranchia1883 1883    E. R. Lankester in  Encycl. Brit. XVI. 648/1  				The right olfactory organ only is retained, and may assume the form of a comb-like ridge to the actual left of the ctenidium or branchial plume. It has been erroneously described as the second gill, and is known as the parabranchia. 1888    G. Rolleston  & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life 		(ed. 2)	 479  				In some Azygobranchia the osphradium is large, thrown into folds, and is generally taken for a second but reduced ctenidium (parabranchia). 1920    I. F. Henderson  & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms 225/1  				Parabranchia, a much plumed mollusc osphradium or organ of smell. DerivativesΚΠ 1890    Cent. Dict. 4272/3  				Parabranchiate, provided with a parabranchia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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