Definition of Pseudobranchia. Meaning of Pseudobranchia. Synonyms of Pseudobranchia

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Definition of Pseudobranchia

Pseudobranchia
Pseudobranchia Pseu`do*bran"chi*a, n.; pl. Pseudobranchi[ae]. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Branchia.] (Anat.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- Pseu`do*bran"chi*al, a.

Meaning of Pseudobranchia from wikipedia

- The pseudobranch, also pseudobranchia, is the reduced first gill arch of a fish (on the inner surface of the opercle, near the junction of the preopercle)...
- first ten sections, in which he noted the important discovery of the Pseudobranchia, were published in 1782 (Broussonet's Ichthyologia was never completed)...