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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fishes, the membrane which lies beneath the operculum and covers the gills; the branchiostegal membrane. It is supported by the branchiostegal rays.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Anat.) The branchiostegal membrane. See
Illustration in Appendix.
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- noun anatomy The
branchiostegal membrane .
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