Home › Words › A › abranchialismabranchialism/ˌeɪˈbɹæŋ.ki.l̩.ɪz.m̩/abranchialism means the condition of being without gills.abranchialism is pronounced /ˌeɪˈbɹæŋ.ki.l̩.ɪz.m̩/.EtymologyFrom abranchial + -ism.nounThe condition of being without gills.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.abranchial 90% match — Lacking gills. vs abranchialism →abranchiate 86% match — Without gills. vs abranchialism →abranchious 82% match — Having no gills vs abranchialism →gillless 70% match — Lacking gills. vs abranchialism →abranchiata 69% match — An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta. vs abranchialism →debranchiate 68% match — Lacking branchiae. vs abranchialism →prebranchial 65% match — anterior of the gills vs abranchialism →infrabranchial 65% match — Below the gills vs abranchialism →