Extrabranchial

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cartilage outside of the branchial arches.

    "Outside of the deep internal visceral arches are the extravisceral cartilages. These may be divided into the labials of the mandibular arch, the extrahyals of the hyoid, and the extrabranchials of the branchial arches."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Outside of the branchial arches. not-comparable

    "Certain fishes have extrabranchial cartilage."

Example

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"Certain fishes have extrabranchial cartilage."

Etymology

From extra- + branchial.

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