Pha*ryn`go*bran"chi*al (?), a. [Pharynx + branchial.] Anat.

Of or pertaining to the pharynx and the branchiae; -- applied especially to the dorsal elements in the branchial arches of fishes. See Pharyngeal.

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n.

A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage.

 

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