pharyngobranchial

English

Etymology

From pharyngo- +‎ branchial.

Adjective

pharyngobranchial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the pharynx and the branchiae; applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes.

Noun

pharyngobranchial (plural pharyngobranchials)

1. (anatomy) A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pharyngobranchial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)