HyperDic: gill_bar

English > 1 sense of the expression gill bar:
NOUNanimalgill bar, gill arch, branchial archone of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
English > gill bar: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningOne of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
Synonymsgill arch, branchial arch
Broaderstructure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structureA particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

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