Metabranchial definitions

Metabranchial

• (a.) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiae.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/metabranchial/

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Metabranchial

Met`a·bran'chi·al adjective [ Meta- + branchial .] (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiæ.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/54

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