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branchiostegous

American  
[brang-kee-os-ti-guhs] / ˌbræŋ kiˈɒs tɪ gəs /

adjective

Ichthyology.

  1. branchiostegal.

  2. having covered gills.

Etymology

Origin of branchiostegous

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

Example Sentences

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In almost all the fish that appear at our tables the space which occurs within the arched sweep of the lower jaws is mainly occupied by a complicated osseous mechanism, known to anatomists as the hyoid bone and branchiostegous rays; and which serves both to support the branchial arches and the branchiostegous membrane.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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