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marsipobranch, n. and a. Zool.|ˈmɑːsɪpəʊbræŋk|
[Anglicized form of mod.L. Marsipobranchiī, f. Gr. µάρσιπο-ς pouch (see marsupium) + βράγχια gills.]
a. n. One of the Marsipobranchii, a class of vertebrates having gills in the form of pouches, and comprising the lampreys and hags.
b. attrib. or adj. Pertaining to animals of this class.
1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 42 All Vertebrates, save those..like the Lancelet and Marsipobranchs. 1875Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 770/2 The skull of the lowest Urodela has..advanced but little beyond the Marsipobranch stage.
Hence ˌmarsipoˈbranchiate n. and a. = marsipobranch.
1872T. Gill Arrangem. Fam. Fishes p. xx, The Marsipobranchiates (Lampreys, etc.). 1889Syd. Soc. Lex., Marsipobranchiate, having gills in the form of small pouches. |