[f. L. branchi-æ gills + rēm-us an oar.] An organ in the branchiopod entomostraca which serves the double purpose of respiration and of locomotion. Cf. quot.
1835. Kirby, Habits & Inst. Anim., II. xvii. 133. Jointed legs, that terminate in a fasciculus of setiform branches … also connected with the respiration of the animal … might be denominated Branchiremes.
