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A division of chætopod annelids in which the branchiæ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chætopoda.]

Having branchiæ along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii. -- n.

A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.

An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.

The branching forth, as of trees.

To confuse; to entangle. I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. Berkeley.

ch impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

Same as Incumbrancer.

Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.

Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.

A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange.

An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.

ks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera. -- Hy`dro*bran"chi*ate, a.

Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.

To entangle as in a cobweb; to mix confusedly. [R.] Hudibras. Physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic. Coleridge.

A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. Cowper.

One who holds Kent.

One of the Inferobranchiata.