branchial arch

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsgill archgill bar

   Broaderstructure

Questions about branchial arch

What does branchial arch mean?

branchial arch means "one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians".

What is another word for branchial arch?

Close synonyms include gill arch, gill bar. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is branchial arch a common word?

branchial arch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.