Crossword-Solution: BRANCHIAL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Branchial | a. | Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills. |
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| of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish | 1 answer |
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Sentences with BRANCHIAL (5)
Branchial arches, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians.
Some preliminary knowledge of embryology is essential to understand the formation of branchial fissures, and we refer the reader to any of the standard works on embryology for this information.
The median congenital fissures of the neck are probably caused by defective union of the branchial arches, although Arndt thinks that he sees in these median fistulas a persistence of the hypobranchial furrow which exists normally in the amphioxus.
After having been taken out of water for a short time, and then again immersed in it, a considerable quantity both of water and air is absorbed by the mouth, and perhaps likewise by the branchial orifices.
From the body being buoyed up with so much air, the branchial openings are out of water, but a stream drawn in by the mouth constantly flows through them.