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gill pouch [ˈɡɪlˌpaʊtʃ] N
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- The principal changes that take place include the development of the lungs and the disappearance of the gills and gill pouch, making the front legs visible.en.wikipedia.org
- From early in its development, a gill pouch covers the tadpole's gills and front legs.en.wikipedia.org
- Typical of most labyrinthodonts, the spiracular gill pouch was retained as the otic notch, closed in by the tympanum, a thin, tight membrane.en.wikipedia.org
- The head has five or six gill pouches with hemibranchs.en.wikipedia.org
- Lampreys have seven gill pouches (whereas jawed fish have only five), no paired fins, and a rudimentary skeleton of cartilage.en.wikipedia.org
- They quickly develop a gill pouch that covers the gills and the front legs; the lungs are also developed at an early stage as an accessory breathing organ.en.wikipedia.org
- Newly hatched tadpoles soon develop gill pouches that cover the gills.en.wikipedia.org
- It has six pairs of gill pouches and gill apertures.en.wikipedia.org
- They had up to eight separate pharyngeal gill pouches along the side of the head, which were permanently open with no protective operculum.en.wikipedia.org
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