Epibranchial
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
"The fourth and fifth epibranchials of other genera have the same tendency as these clupeids and salmonids."
- 1 Of or pertaining to a segment, below (more ventral than) the pharyngobranchial segment and above (more dorsal than) the ceratobranchial segment, on either side of a branchial arch (in a fish) or of a pharyngeal arch (in the embryo of a vertebrate). not-comparable
"1920, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volumes 8-9, Royal Society of South Africa, page 92, According to T. J. Parker, they probably represent the epibranchial region of the second branchial arch, and Beddard also refers them to the same arch."
Example
More examples"1920, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volumes 8-9, Royal Society of South Africa, page 92, According to T. J. Parker, they probably represent the epibranchial region of the second branchial arch, and Beddard also refers them to the same arch."
Etymology
From epi- + branchial.
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