Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
perennibranch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having branchæ, or gills, through life; -- said especially of certain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to
caducibranchiate . - adjective (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Perennibranchiata.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete having
gills throughout life
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Examples
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In Gadow's opinion, the reason why there are only perennibranchiate axolotls in these lakes is obvious.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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This, it then seemed, solved the often-discussed question of the perennibranchiate nature of these Batrachians.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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It is evident, therefore, that the Mexican Axolotls, although they have been perennibranchiate for a great number of generations, have not lost the hereditary tendency to the metamorphosis which changes the larvae of
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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After comparing the Salamanders and the perennibranchiate _Urodela_ with the Tadpoles and the Frogs, and enunciating the law that the more highly any animal is organised the more quickly does it pass through the lower stages, Meckel goes on to say --
Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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