fente branchiale

Definitions of fente branchiale
  1. noun
    one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
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    type of:
    structure anatomique, structure du corps
    a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
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