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Basi- :: Basi- () A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc..

Hemibranchi :: Hemibranchi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia..

Mesobranchial :: Mesobranchial (a.) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.

Trichobranchia :: Trichobranchia (n.) The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes..

Lophobranchii :: Lophobranchii (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes..

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

Abranchial :: Abranchial (a.) Abranchiate.

Peribranchial :: Peribranchial (a.) Surrounding the branchiae; as, a peribranchial cavity..

Enteropneusta :: Enteropneusta (n. pl.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix..

Eolis :: Eolis (n.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillae along the back. See Ceratobranchia.

Pharyngobranchial :: Pharyngobranchial (n.) A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage..

Infrabranchial :: Infrabranchial (a.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Branchiostegal :: Branchiostegal (n.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.

Suprachoroid :: Suprabranchial (a.) Situated above the branchiae; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.

Branchial :: Branchial (a.) Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.

Epipharyngeal :: Epipharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.

Lamprey :: Lamprey (n.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side..

Interbranchial :: Interbranchial (a.) Between the branchiae.

Peribranchial :: Peribranchial (a.) Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics..

Extrabranchial :: Extrabranchial (a.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.

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