word-forming element used in scientific compounds since mid-18c., meaning "of or pertaining to "gills," from Latinized form of Greek brankhia "gills," plural of brankhion "fin."
brakeman
bramble
bran
branch
branchial
branchio-
brand
Brandenburg
brandish
brand-new
brandy
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