ctenidium
cte·ni·dium
noun
1.
comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks
Origin
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κτενίδιον (ktenídion, “comb”). By surface analysis, cteno- + -idium.
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