BRA- 
brachys, short ; pferon, wing.] With 
short wings (zoo 
brachystomatous (brak’istdm’ — a. 
[Gk. drachys, short ; stoma, mouth.] 
With short proboscis ; appl. pa 
insects (zoo/.). 
yural (brak’iii’r pei a. Having 
brachys, short; oura, tail.] ° 
n ie ek “ 
below the —— appl. certain 
crabs (zool. 
(brakt) [L. dractea, thin 
al] A floral leaf ; a 
modified leaf in whose axil a flower 
a hydrophyllium in 
iphoesiae ct the distal exite of 
sixth appendage of Apus 
seales,—small scales developed 
directly on the axis of cones; cf 
erous es (do1.). 
bracteal (br. rak'téal) a. [L. dbractea, 
ey metal plate.] Like a bract 
(404. 
bracteate (brak’téat) a. [L. dractea, 
thin metal plate.] Having bracts 
(dot. 
bracted, —brac 
(brakt @iform) a. [L. 
 waae. — plate; petites shape. ] 
Bractea 
rsa kara [L. dractea, 
metal plate.] AZp/. flowers with 
—— (600.). 
rik’tédl) nm. [L. éractea, 
paw ge plate.] Secondary bract at 
the hase _- flower (407.). 
bracteose (brak’téds) a. Bie bracte. 
metal plate.] With many bracts 
(do8. 
)- 
bractlet,—brac 
brain (bran) 7. OM. E. brayne, brain.] 
The osneenee > the nervous system ; 
the ous matter 
venniies oa the anterior end of 
the spinal a lying in the skull ; 
in inverte es, the supraoeso- 
— or reaenane Pa ganglia 
branch ga n. (It. dranca, claw.] 
A bough; a principal earning 
teens a re or axis (404) ; a prin- 
cipal _— of an artery, vein, or 
ne (ora 
e’kid) #., branchia: 
(br, ik gets plu. See athe 
chia, gills. ) Gills (zoo/.). 
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branchiac eae Sigal < Lege brang- 
chia, a ] 
bony or 
weinaiat arch, came “of the 
laced on the 
cartilaginous — 
side of the nx posterior to the 
hyoid be and supporting gill 
bars (zo 
feaekinte® ‘(bring’kia at) «ee -fGk. 
brangchia, gills.| Having gills 
branchicolous (bran gee cis) a. Lhe 
cet gills olere, to in 
bit.] Parasitic on an gills ; abil. 
preted Crustaceans (zoo/.), 
branchiform (ring kor a. [Gk. 
brangchia, gills; L. forma, shape.] 
Shenley (zool.). 
branchihyal (brang’kihi’4l) @. [Gk. 
brangchia, gills ; hyoetdes, Y-shaped. 
One of the elements of a branchial 
a ee ol.). 
rdiac (br. optima 
mTGk. roomier rs gills ; kardia , hea rt] 
Pert. gills and heart 
iven vo ventrally flere the aakidiaa 
8 
heart 
beanchiomere (bran g ki soma n. part A 
iopallial (br. 
oGk tag tr ge ; L. pallium 
.| Pert. gill and mantle of 
Molluscs (zoo/. N, 
branchiostegal (brang’kids'tégal) a. 
aes peameente, gills ; — par 
r pert. whe ots cov 
padibease rays, € satiny 
branchioste te (ordng’Lidstej) n sf 
Sralirehin, gills; stege, covering.] 
The branchiostegal membrane 
(zool.). 
branchlostegite (brang kids’ tégit) #. 
[Gk. drangchia, gills; stege, roof.] 
The ex panded faveral portion of the 
carapace forming the gill cover in 
aire Crustaceans (zoo/. 
ranchireme (bring’kirém) 7 [Gk. 
" raugelae, Gis: mus, oar.] 
branchiate lim : : ‘ai of the 
locomotory and respiratory limbs 
of a Branchiopod (zoo/.) 
rnan, to 
t 
bregma (br . sy 
fore part of head.] That part o 
