BRANCHIAL ARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does branchial arch mean? 

• BRANCHIAL ARCH (noun)
  The noun BRANCHIAL ARCH 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: BRANCHIAL ARCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRANCHIAL ARCH (noun)

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 ("branchial arch" 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)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes eyes absent homolog 1 protein, may be involved in the development of the eyes, ears, branchial arches and kidney.

(EYA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the abnormal development of the second branchial arch, resulting in the formation of branchial cleft cysts and fistulae, hearing loss and ear malformations, and renal abnormalities.

(Melnick-Fraser Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)