branchiostegous

American  

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

adjective

Ichthyology.

1. branchiostegal.

2. having covered gills.

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Etymology

Origin of branchiostegous

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.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort