Branchial-cleft
Zoology. one of a series of slitlike openings in the walls of the pharynx between the branchial arches of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior.
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- Branchial-duct
branchial duct
- Branchial-groove
one of a series of rudimentary depressions on the surface of the embryo between adjacent branchial arches, homologous to the branchial clefts of gill-breathing ancestral forms.
- Branchial-pouch
one of a series of rudimentary outcroppings of the inner pharyngeal wall, corresponding to the branchial grooves on the surface.
- Branchiate
having gills.
- Branchiform
shaped like a gill. Historical Examples An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) William Kirby