Branchial clefts Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
    gill slit; gill cleft; branchial cleft.

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Definitions
  1. the openings between the branchial arches through which water passes.
Definitions
  1. . See under Branchial.

Webster 1913