BRANCHIOSTEGOUS
a.[Gr. gills, and a covering. ] Having gill-covers, or covered gills, as a branchiostegous fish; covering the gills, as the branchiostegous membrane. The branchiostegi are an order of fish in the Linnean system, the rays of whose fins are bony, but whose gill-covers are destitute of bony rays.
BRANCHIOSTEGOUS Bran `chi *os "te *gous, a. (Anat. )
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