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Webster 1913 Edition

Pseudobranchia

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Pseuˊdo-bran′chi-a

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Noun.

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pl.

Pseudobranchiæ

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[NL. See

, and

.]

(Anat.)

A rudimentary branchia, or gill.

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Pseuˊdo-bran′chi-al

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,

Adj.

Definition 2024

pseudobranchia

pseudobranchia

English

Noun

pseudobranchia

(marine biology) A small patch of gill-like filaments on the inner surface of the opercle near the junction of the preopercle.

Synonyms

pseudobranch

References

Northern Fishes; with Special Reference to the Upper Mississippi Valley, by Samuel Eddy, James Campbell Underhill. University of Minnesota Press: 1974, ISBN 0816606749, page 85.