ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈbraŋkēˌī noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hemi- (I) + -branchii (from Latin branchia gill) — more at branchia
in some classifications : a suborder of Thoracostei comprising fishes with an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus and usually including the sticklebacks, cornetfishes, bellows fishes, and shrimpfishes