extrabranchial

English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ branchial.

Adjective

extrabranchial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Outside of the branchial arches.

   Certain fishes have extrabranchial cartilage.

Noun

extrabranchial (plural extrabranchials)

1. Cartilage outside of the branchial arches.
   • 1928, D. J. Frank, The elasmobranch fishes, page 67:

     Outside of the deep internal visceral arches are the extravisceral cartilages. These may be divided into the labials of the mandibular arch, the extrahyals of the hyoid, and the extrabranchials of the branchial arches.

References

• “extrabranchial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.