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Webster 1913 Edition


Hemibranchi


Hemˊi-bran′chi

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Hemi-
, and
Branchia
.]
(Zool.)
An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.