Crossword-Solution: BRANCHIOSTEGAL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Branchiostegal | a. | Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes. |
| Branchiostegal | n. | A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
REAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with BRANCHIOSTEGAL (3)
These are the bones connected with respiration--the operculum, the branchiostegal rays, the branchial arches, and others.
The hyoid is at first connected with the skull, but afterwards frees itself and becomes slung to the "quadrate." From the hinder edge of the hyoid arch grows out the membranous operculum, in which develop later the opercular bones and branchiostegal rays.
Again, there are those who have written at great length of this and that species and sub-species, with many words and nice distinctions relative to vomerine teeth, branchiostegal rays and other anatomical differences.