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les branchies

gills

b ʁ ɑ̃ . ʃ i → branchie
noun · plural feminine Rare #51,029
gills Usually used in the plural.
FR: Les poissons respirent avec leurs branchies.
EN: Fish breathe with their gills.

C'était des branchies.

They were gills.

— Men in Black (1997)

Les dauphins n'ont pas de branchies.

Dolphins don't have gills.

Les poissons sont pourvus de branchies et de nageoires.

Fish have gills and fins.

Ni les baleines, ni les dauphins n'ont de branchies.

Neither whales nor dolphins have gills.

Sounds similar to

franchi f ʁ ɑ̃ . ʃ i branché b ʁ ɑ̃ . ʃ e brancher b ʁ ɑ̃ . ʃ e