えら呼こ吸きゅう

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Meanings

branchial respiration; gill breathing

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

肺はい呼こ吸きゅう
Pulmonary respiration; breathing with lungs, as in mammals and adult amphibians, contrasting with gill-based respiration.
皮ひ膚ふ呼こ吸きゅう
Cutaneous respiration; breathing through the skin, another mode of respiration in some animals.

えら呼こ吸きゅう
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; えら is usually written in kana.
エラ呼こ吸きゅう
Katakana variant of えら, sometimes used for emphasis or in scientific contexts.
鰓えら呼こ吸きゅう
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.

え

ら

こ

きゅ

う

branchial respiration; gill breathing

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

肺はい呼こ吸きゅう
Pulmonary respiration; breathing with lungs, as in mammals and adult amphibians, contrasting with gill-based respiration.
皮ひ膚ふ呼こ吸きゅう
Cutaneous respiration; breathing through the skin, another mode of respiration in some animals.

えら呼こ吸きゅう
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; えら is usually written in kana.
エラ呼こ吸きゅう
Katakana variant of えら, sometimes used for emphasis or in scientific contexts.
鰓えら呼こ吸きゅう
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.