单词 | branchial |
释义 | branchialadj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling gills. branchial arch n. one of a series of bony or cartilaginous structures supporting the gills of fishes and amphibians, and found embryonically in mammals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [adjective] > having lungs or gills > relating to gills branchial1801 1801 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 91 246 The branchial appendages..are of a deep blood colour. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 115/2 The bilocular heart of fishes is entirely branchial. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 757/2 There is no trace of any fourth branchial arch, such as exists in tadpoles and in young salamanders. 1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 7 The variation in the structure of the gills and their supporting branchial arches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1801 |
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