branchial cleft

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branchial cleft

n.
See gill slit.
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Noun1.branchial cleft - one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
gill cleft, gill slit
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
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