Associations to the word «Branchial»

Wiktionary

BRANCHIAL, adjective. Of, pertaining to or resembling gills
BRANCHIAL ARCH, noun. (zoology) Any of a series of bony looped structures which support the gills of fish

Dictionary definition

BRANCHIAL, adjective. Of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills).

Wise words

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