lophobranch

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lophobranch

(ˈləʊfəˌbræŋk) n (Animals) any teleost fish of the suborder Lophobranchii, having the gills arranged in rounded tufts: includes the pipefishes and sea horsesadj (Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the Lophobranchii lophobranchiate adj