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basibranchial

basibranchial adjective: relating to the bony base of gills, or to the corresponding parts of abranchiate vertebrates.

Adjective

basibranchial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the bony base of gills, or to the corresponding parts of abranchiate vertebrates

Noun

basibranchial (plural basibranchials)

  1. Any fish that has such gills

Forms of basibranchial

pluralbasibranchials

Origin of basibranchial

From basi- + branchial.

Questions about basibranchial

What does basibranchial mean?
Basibranchial means relating to the bony base of gills, or to the corresponding parts of abranchiate vertebrates.
What part of speech is basibranchial?
Basibranchial can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near basibranchial in the dictionary

  1. Basiao
  2. basiapical
  3. basiation
  4. basibiont
  5. basibionts
  6. basibranchial
  7. basibranchials
  8. basibregmatic
  9. basic
  10. basic B
  11. basic B's

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