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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CERATOBRANCHIAL

CERATOBRANCHIAL Cer `a *to *bran "chi *al, a. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.

 

Defn: A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ceratobranchial

ceratobranchial |ˌsɛrətə (ʊ )ˈbraŋkɪəl, ˌkɛ -| ▶noun Zoology each of the paired ventral cartilaginous sections of the branchial arch in fishes. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek keras, kerat- ‘horn ’ + branchial (see branchia ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ceratobranchial

ceratobranchial |ˌsɛrətə (ʊ )ˈbraŋkɪəl, ˌkɛ -| ▶noun Zoology each of the paired ventral cartilaginous sections of the branchial arch in fishes. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek keras, kerat- ‘horn ’ + branchial (see branchia ).