1. One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
   - gill slit, gill cleft

Derived forms: branchial clefts

Type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

Encyclopedia: Branchial cleft

• monal
• monandrous
• monandry
• monarch
• monarch butterfly
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• monarda
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• Monarda clinopodia
• Monarda didyma
• Monarda fistulosa
• Monarda pectinata
• Monarda punctata
• Monardella
• Monardella lanceolata
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