lophobranchiateadj.n.
/ləʊfəʊˈbraŋkɪət/ Ichthyology.
A. adj.
Belonging to or having the characteristics of the order Lophobranchii; having the gills disposed in tufts.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [adjective] > belongong to Lophobranchiates
lophobranchiate1834
lophobranchian1835
lophobranchous1856
tuft-gilled1861
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (new ed.) II. 228 Lophobranchiate fishes..eminently distinguished by the gills, which..are divided into small round tufts.
B. n.
A lophobranchiate fish; plural, the order Lophobranchii (see quot. 1842).
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > Lophobranchiates (having tufted gills)
lophobranchiate1842
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > Lophobranchiates (having tufted gills) > member of
lophobranch1859
lophobranchiate1881
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 683/2 Lophobranchiates, Lophobranchii, an order of Osseous fishes, comprehending those in which the gills are in the form of small tufts, and disposed in pairs along the branchial arches; as in the pipe-fish and hippocamp.
1881 Seeley in Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 12 In..the Plectognathi and Lophobranchiates, the otolites are represented by calcareous dust.
Derivatives
lophoˈbranchous adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [adjective] > belongong to Lophobranchiates
lophobranchiate1834
lophobranchian1835
lophobranchous1856
tuft-gilled1861
1856 J. E. Gray Kaup's Catal. Lophobranchiate Fish Brit. Mus. Pref. Lophobranchous Fishes.
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