gill cleft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gill cleft
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The mouth has now broken through, putting the wide pharynx into communication with the exterior; probably the mouth opening is formed at about the time of the opening of the first gill cleft.
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The salamanders differ as regards the number of fishlike gill clefts that they all possess in their young stages, but which disappear entirely or in part during later life.
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The pharynx, ph, is lined with a comparatively thin epithelium and opens, on the left, at two places, one the mouth and the other the second gill cleft, g2.
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Compared to the size of the gill clefts the cavity of the pharynx is, at this stage, comparatively small.
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For the sake of simplicity the gill clefts are not represented, and the pharynx, mouth, and liver are represented in outline only.
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