Word: pseudobranchial
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pseu
do
bran
chi
al
Definition: Of or pertaining to the pseudobranchia. A small patch of gill-like filaments on the inner surface of the opercle near the junction of the preopercle.
Morphemes:
Affix: pseudo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Not a true, appearing like a true
Affix: branchial
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills or the embryonic branchial arches and clefts.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: branchiae
Language: la
Decoded: branchiae
PoS: Noun
Meaning: branchia (gill of a fish)