Usually means: Supports gills in some fish.
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  1. branchiostegal: Merriam-Webster
  2. branchiostegal: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Branchiostegal, branchiostegal: Dictionary.com
  7. Branchiostegal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. branchiostegal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Branchiostegal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. branchiostegal: FreeDictionary.org
  11. branchiostegal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (branchiostegal)

▸ adjective:  (zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
▸ noun:  A branchiostegal ray.

Similar:
branchiostegous, branchiocardiac, basibranchial, cyclobranchiate, stegostomatal, lamellibranchiate, abranchial, subbrachian, plagiostomous, prosobranchiate, more...

Opposite:
non-branchiostegal, abranchial, without gills

Types:
fish, lungfish, coelacanth, tetrapod, amphibian, reptile, mammal, bird, more...

Phrases:
branchiostegal ray, Branchiostegal lung, more...

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Similar:
branchiostegous, branchiocardiac, basibranchial, cyclobranchiate, stegostomatal, lamellibranchiate, abranchial, subbrachian, plagiostomous, prosobranchiate, more...

Opposite:
non-branchiostegal, abranchial, without gills

Types:
fish, lungfish, coelacanth, tetrapod, amphibian, reptile, mammal, bird, more...

Phrases:
branchiostegal ray, Branchiostegal lung, more...



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