CTENIDIUM (ctenidia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ctenidia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ctenidium mean? 

• CTENIDIUM (noun)
  The noun CTENIDIUM has 1 sense:

1. comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks

  Familiarity information: CTENIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CTENIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ctenidium" is a kind of...):

branchia; gill (respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water)