hypobranchial
Americanadjective
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Origin of hypobranchial
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In the middle line of its ventral side we find the hypobranchial groove.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
E., eye. e.br., efferent branchial arteries. g.s., in position of gill slits. h.br.a., hypobranchial artery.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Along the ventral side of the branchial sac runs a ciliated groove—the hypobranchial groove which we have previously found at the same spot in the Amphioxus.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Not less interesting and important is an organ that develops from the ventral wall in all vertebrates—the gill-groove or hypobranchial groove.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Two osphradia present but no hypobranchial glands nor operculum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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