BRANCHIAL CLEFT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes

Synonyms:

branchial cleft; gill cleft; gill slit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("branchial cleft" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

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