branchiostegous

[ brang-kee-os-ti-guhs ]

adjective

, Ichthyology.

1. branchiostegal.
2. having covered gills.

Word History and Origins

Origin of branchiostegous¹

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

Example Sentences

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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