mesobranchial
English
Etymology
meso- + branchial
Adjective
mesobranchial (not comparable)
- (zoology) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mesobranchial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)