branchiostegous

[ brang-kee-os-ti-guhs ]
adjectiveIchthyology.

  1. branchiostegal.

  2. having covered gills.

Origin of branchiostegous

1
First recorded in 1760–70; branchio- + steg(o)- + -ous

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How to use branchiostegous in a sentence

  • The jaws, the uneven lobate disk of the preoperculum and the branchiostegous membrane are naked, the rest of them being scaly.

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