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Webster 1913 Edition


Metabranchial

Metˊa-bran′chi-al

,
Adj.
[
Meta-
+
branchial
.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.

Definition 2024


metabranchial

metabranchial

English

Adjective

metabranchial (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.