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GILL BAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gill bar mean? 

GILL BAR (noun)
  The noun GILL BAR has 1 sense:

1. one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibiansplay

  Familiarity information: GILL BAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GILL BAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

branchial arch; gill arch; gill bar

Hypernyms ("gill bar" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)


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