hypobranchial

American  

[hahy-puh-brang-kee-uhl] / ˌhaɪ pəˈbræŋ ki əl /

adjective

Zoology.

1. situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.

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Etymology

Origin of hypobranchial

First recorded in 1840–50; hypo- + branchial

Example Sentences

Along the ventral side of the branchial sac runs a ciliated groove—the hypobranchial groove which we have previously found at the same spot in the Amphioxus.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

Two osphradia present but no hypobranchial glands nor operculum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Not less interesting and important is an organ that develops from the ventral wall in all vertebrates—the gill-groove or hypobranchial groove.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

E., eye. e.br., efferent branchial arteries. g.s., in position of gill slits. h.br.a., hypobranchial artery.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

In the middle line of its ventral side we find the hypobranchial groove.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August