(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:08:58

Met`a*bran"chi*al (?), a. [Meta- + branchial.] Zool.

Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.

 

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