† marsipobranchiaten.adj.
Zoology. Obsolete.
A. n.
= marsipobranch n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > order Cyclostomata or Marsipobranchi > member of
cyclostome1835
suctorian1842
marsipobranch1856
myzont1860
purse gill1863
marsipobranchiate1870
1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 610 The single genus of the Pharyngobranchii..must be considered as representing a distinct subclass, unless the embryology of the lower Marsipobranchiates shall prove it to be the lowest order of that subclass.
1872 T. Gill Arrangem. Families Fishes p. xx The Marsipobranchiates (Lampreys, etc.).
B. adj.
= marsipobranch adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having specific type of gills
holobranchious1854
marsipobranch1874
marsipobranchiate1878
holobranchiate1885
pouch-gilled1885
purse-gilled1890
1878 Philos. Trans. 1877 (Royal Soc.) 167 586 In the Batrachian they [sc. branchial arches] are manifestly merely a modification of the Marsiobranchiate type.
1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Marsipobranchiate, having gills in the form of small pouches.
1909 N.E.D. at Purse sb. Purse-gill, a marsipobranchiate fish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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n.adj.1870