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branchial arch

bran·chi·al arch (plural bran·chi·al arch·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
skeletal support for fish gill: any one of several pairs of bony or cartilaginous curved struts, lying behind the skull in fishes and other water vertebrates, providing support for the gills

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