hemibranchn.
/ˈhɛmɪbraŋk/ Zoology.
a. An incomplete gill.
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1880 [see hemibranchiate adj. and n. at Derivatives].
1891 Nature 17 Sept. 483/2 The spiracular gill of Elasmobranchs should be described as the hyoid hemibranch, and the opercular gill of the higher fishes as the first branchial hemibranch.
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b. A fish of the order Hemibranchii, having the branchial apparatus incomplete.
Derivatives
hemibranchiate adj. and n. /hɛmɪˈbræŋkɪət/ (a) adj. half-gilled; (b) n. a hemibranch.
/hɛmɪˈbræŋkɪət/ (a) adj. half-gilled; (b) n. a hemibranch.ΚΠ
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VII. 431 The hemibranchiates..have imperfect gills or branchiae.
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