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postbranchial

postbranchial adjective: posterior to the gills.

Adjective

postbranchial (not comparable)

  1. posterior to the gills

Origin of postbranchial

From post- + branchial.

Questions about postbranchial

What does postbranchial mean?
Postbranchial means posterior to the gills.
What part of speech is postbranchial?
Postbranchial is an adjective.

Words near postbranchial in the dictionary

  1. postboxing
  2. postboy
  3. postboys
  4. postbrachial
  5. postbrachytherapy
  6. postbranchial
  7. postbreak
  8. postbreakfast
  9. postbreakup
  10. postbreeding
  11. postbroadcast

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