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(zoology) Any of the gills of certain crustaceans, such as some shrimp, that are attached to the side of the thorax.
Use pleurobranch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pleurobranch means (zoology) Any of the gills of certain crustaceans, such as some shrimp, that are attached to the side of the thorax.
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Use pleurobranch where its definition matches the intended context.
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