a. [f. as prec. + -ATE2, + -ED.] Having, or characterized by, branchiæ or gills.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 107/2. Ciliated, branchiated, and pulmonated classes.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, Introd. 62. In Branchiate Vertebrata there is no epidermal skeleton.
