- gill cavity
- Space on either side of cephalothorax containing gills [Butler, T.H.].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
gill cavity
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gill cavity — noun or gill chamber Etymology: gill (III) : the space between the gill arches and the gill cover into which the gill filaments project … Useful english dictionary
gill cavity — the area occupied the gills … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill slit — noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes • Syn: ↑branchial cleft, ↑gill cleft • Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gill bailer — noun Etymology: gill (III) : a flat membranaceous expansion of the second maxilla in the crayfish and other decapod crustaceans by which water is scooped out of the gill cavity called also gill scoop … Useful english dictionary
gill chamber brooder — a reproductive guild (q.v.) where eggs are incubated in the gill cavity, e.g. the cave fish Amblyopsis spelea … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill membrane — the tissue supported by the branchiostegals and forming the lower wall of the gill cavity. Preferably called the branchiostegal membrane, q.v … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill chamber — noun see gill cavity … Useful english dictionary
gill-helix — diverticulum pharyngealis (epibranchial organ (a paired dorsal diverticulum at the posterior limit of the pharynx in certain microphagous fishes. Also called gill helix, pharyngeal organ, or pharyngeal pocket. In all forms with these organs,… … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill slit — noun Date: 1854 1. any of the openings or clefts between the gill arches in vertebrates that breathe by gills through which water taken in at the mouth passes to the exterior and so bathes the gills 2. any of the rudimentary grooves in the neck… … New Collegiate Dictionary
gill chamber — the cavity containing the gills on each side of the rear of the head, enclosed by the operculum and the branchiostegal membrane … Dictionary of ichthyology
