BRANCHIA
\bɹˈankiə], \bɹˈankiə], \b_ɹ_ˈa_n_k_i__ə]\
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A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
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A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
By Noah Webster.
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The gills or respiratory organs of fishes, corresponding to the lungs of terrestrial animals.
By Robley Dunglison
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.