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GILL BAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gill bar mean?
• GILL BAR (noun)
The noun GILL BAR has 1 sense:
1. one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
Familiarity information: GILL BAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
branchial arch; gill arch; gill bar
Hypernyms ("gill bar" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
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