💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Postbranchial"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| prebranchial | anterior of the gills |
| parabranchial | Situated near the gills |
| prosobranchiatenoun | (zoology, uncommon) Synonym of prosobranch (“a gastropod with gills anterior to the heart”). |
| basibranchialnoun | Any fish that has such gills |
| abranchious | Having no gills |
| abranchial | (zoology) Lacking gills. |
| branchiocardiacnoun | Relating to the gills and heart (of a fish) |
| cryptobranchiate | (zoology) Having concealed, retractile or rudimentary gills, such as the axolotl. |
| branchiostegous | branchiostegal |
| abranchiatenoun | (zoology) Without gills. |
| inferobranchiate | (zoology, archaic, said of some mollusks) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata. |
| gilled | Having gills |
| pectinibranchiate | (zoology, archaic) Having pectinated gills. |
| branchiostegal | (zoology) Of or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish |
| marsipobranchiate | (zoology) Having pursed gills. |
| cyclobranchiate | (obsolete, zoology) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets do. |
| filibranchnoun | (biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments |
| subbrachiannoun | (ichthyology) Relating to fish of the order Subbrachiales. |
| caducibranchiate | (obsolete, zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians (most amphibians do this) in which the gills do not remain in adult life, but generally turn into legs. |
| nucleobranchnoun | (zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata, a obsolete order of molluscs that have the gills packed in the shell along with the heart, such sea snails now mostly classified in the order Littorinimorpha. |
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