pleurobranch

== English == === Etymology === From pleuro- +‎ branch. === Noun === pleurobranch (plural pleurobranchs) (zoology) Any of the gills of certain crustaceans, such as some shrimp, that are attached to the side of the thorax === References === “pleurobranch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.