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suprabranchial

suprabranchial adjective: situated above the branchiae.

Adjective

suprabranchial (not comparable)

  1. Situated above the branchiae.
    • suprabranchial cavity
    • suprabranchial chamber of fish or mollusks

Examples of suprabranchial in a sentence

  • suprabranchial organ
  • suprabranchial pores of fish

Origin of suprabranchial

From supra- + branchial.

Questions about suprabranchial

What does suprabranchial mean?
Suprabranchial means situated above the branchiae.
How do you use suprabranchial in a sentence?
suprabranchial organ
What part of speech is suprabranchial?
Suprabranchial is an adjective.

Words near suprabranchial in the dictionary

  1. suprabasilar
  2. suprabenthic
  3. suprabenthos
  4. suprablastoporal
  5. suprabony
  6. suprabranchial
  7. suprabuccal
  8. suprabulbar
  9. supracalcarine
  10. supracallosal
  11. supracanonical

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