brachia

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brachia (noun, plural; Latin brachium, arm): 1. Processes like arms.

2. (Arthropoda: Insecta) a. Paired, unfused processes resembling arms surrounding the aedeagus; clasper; paramere. b. A tracheal or blood gill.

3. (Brachiopoda) see brachidium.