Definition of "abranchiate" []

An animal that has no gills. (noun)
Having no gills. (adjective)

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Use "abranchiate" in a sentence

"Yet in captivity by reducing the quantity of water in which it is placed the young Axolotl can be forced to breathe air, and then it undergoes complete metamorphosis to the abranchiate condition."