gill pouch
[ gil ]
/ gɪl /
noun
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Origin of gill pouch
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby gill pouch
Gillingham, gillion, gillnet, gill-netter, gill-over-the-ground, gill pouch, gill raker, Gillray, gills, gill slit, gilly
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Example sentences from the Web for gill pouch
The branchial unit in the vertebrate is not the gill-pouch, but the branchial bar or appendage between the pouches.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell
British Dictionary definitions for gill pouch
gill pouch
/ (ɡɪl) /
noun
any of a series of paired linear pouches in chordate embryos, arising as outgrowths of the wall of the pharynx. In fish and some amphibians they become the gill slits
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