Per*en`ni*bran"chi*ate (?), a. [See Perennial, and Branchiate.]
1. Anat.
Having branchae, or gills, through life; -- said especially of certain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to caducibranchiate.
2. Zool.
Belonging to the Perennibranchiata.
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