Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lying outside of or external to the branchial arches; forming the external support of the branchial septa.
- noun A term applied by W. K. Parker to certain cartilages which take part in the formation of supports for the divisions between the gill-chambers in tadpoles, lampreys, and sharks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Outside of the
branchial arches .
Etymologies
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extra- + branchial
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