えら呼こ吸きゅう

noun

branchial respiration; gill breathing

Biological term for respiration through gills, as in fish and some amphibians.

• 魚さかなはえら呼こ吸きゅうで水すい中ちゅうの酸さん素そを取とり込こむ。

  Fish take in oxygen from the water through gill breathing.

• 両りょう生せい類るいの幼よう生せいはえら呼こ吸きゅうを行おこなう。

  Amphibian larvae perform branchial respiration.