a division of some larger or more complex organization

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

a part of a forked or branching shape

a natural consequence of development

a stream or river connected to a larger one

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

a railway line connected to a trunk line

vary in order to spread risk or to expand

pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water

resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches

having branches

an open chain of atoms with one or more side chains attached to it

an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood

respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)

one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians

one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes

provided with gills

the act of branching out or dividing into branches

having branches

resembling the branches of a tree

type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker

small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches

aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding

of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda

aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding

primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas

aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding

of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda

of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda

small family of marine fishes having covered gills

lancelets

copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes

having no branches

a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

having many branches