Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A group of gill-filaments or of arborescent branchiæ, as in certain annelids.
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Embryo of a shark (Scymnus lichia), seen from the ventral side, v breast-fins (in front five pairs of gill-clefts), h belly-fins, a anus, s tail-fin, k external gill-tuft, d yelk-sac
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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