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epipharyngeal

epipharyngeal adjective: pertaining to, or located at, the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.

Adjective

epipharyngeal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or located at, the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
    • epipharyngeal bar
    • epipharyngeal gland

Noun

epipharyngeal (plural epipharyngeals)

  1. An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.

Examples of epipharyngeal in a sentence

  • epipharyngeal groove
  • epipharyngeal margin
  • epipharyngeal placode

Forms of epipharyngeal

pluralepipharyngeals

Origin of epipharyngeal

From epi- + pharyngeal.

Words that rhyme with epipharyngeal

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Questions about epipharyngeal

What does epipharyngeal mean?
Epipharyngeal means pertaining to, or located at, the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
How do you use epipharyngeal in a sentence?
epipharyngeal groove
What part of speech is epipharyngeal?
Epipharyngeal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epipharyngeal in the dictionary

  1. epiphanous
  2. epiphany
  3. epiphany cake
  4. epiphany cakes
  5. epiphanylike
  6. epipharyngeal
  7. epipharyngeals
  8. epipharynges
  9. epipharynx
  10. epipharynxes
  11. epiphase

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