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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CERATOBRANCHIA

Cer `a *to *bran "chi *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. n. pl. , gills.](Zoöl.)

Defn: A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.

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 ).