BRANCHIAL • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Branchial

... occupied the attention of naturalists considerably. In 1869, Messrs. N. and E. Joly demonstrated that the famous "feather-tailed binocle" was the larva of an insect. They found in its mouth the buccal pieces of the Neuroptera, and, under the carapax, five pairs of branchial tufts attached to the segments that are invisible outwardly. Inside the animal were found tracheae, the digestic tube of an insect, and malpighian canals. Finally, in June, 1880, Mr. Vayssiere was enabled ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 • Various