branchial respiration; gill breathing
Biological term for respiration through gills, as in fish and some amphibians.
Fish take in oxygen from the water through gill breathing.
Amphibian larvae perform branchial respiration.
Cutaneous respiration; breathing through the skin, another mode of respiration in some animals.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; えら is usually written in kana.
Katakana variant of えら, sometimes used for emphasis or in scientific contexts.
Full kanji spelling using the rare character 鰓; mainly encountered in specialized biological texts.
Compound of えら (gills) and 呼吸 (respiration). The word えら is of native Japanese origin, while 呼吸 is a Sino-Japanese term.