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gill arch

[gil]
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noun

branchial arch.

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Nearby words

  1. gilgal,
  2. gilgamesh,
  3. gilgul,
  4. gilguy,
  5. gill,
  6. gill bar,
  7. gill book,
  8. gill box,
  9. gill cleft,
  10. gill filament

Origin of gill arch

First recorded in 1875–80
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for gill arch

  • On the three bones forming the first gill-arch are attached numerous appendages called gill-rakers .

    A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan

  • Von Baer also confirmed Rathke's discovery of the operculum, assigning it, however, to the second gill-arch.

    Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

  • Note the gill-rakers, short and blunt, on the first gill-arch.

    Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg

  • Huschke was indeed the first to suggest that both upper and lower jaws were formed in the first gill-arch.

    Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Medicine definitions for gill arch

gill arch

[gĭl]

n.

branchial arch
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