lophobranch
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, seahorses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
lophobranchiate
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a word derived from
lophobranch.
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The well-known habit of the lophobranchiate fish, of incubating their eggs in their pouches, also displays highly elaborated parental feeling.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by James Weir
