gill arch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gill arch
First recorded in 1875–80
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To build a version for laundry, the researchers recreated the gill arch system and tested different mesh sizes and funnel opening angles.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
To help reduce that pollution, researchers at the University of Bonn have created a new filter based on a natural model: the gill arch system in fish.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025
Known placoderms have at most five gill arches, others having evolved into jaws and the hyoid, so the pectoral girdle derives from what was once the sixth gill arch, Brazeau’s team concludes.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
Combining this with the new brain-case evidence, the team suggest the sixth gill arch was incorporated into the shoulder, becoming a crucial boundary that separated the head from the body.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
These fish lack a distinctive head and shoulder, but fossil evidence of blood vessels shows the circulatory system to the head and to the trunk divides after the sixth gill arch.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
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