lophobranchiate, a. and n. Ichthyol.
(ləʊfəʊˈbræŋkɪət)
[f. as prec. + -ate.]
a. adj. Belonging to or having the characteristics of the order Lophobranchii; having the gills disposed in tufts. b. n. A lophobranchiate fish; pl., the order Lophobranchii (see quot. 1842).
| 1834 M{supc}Murtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. II. 228 Lophobranchiate fishes..eminently distinguished by the gills, which..are divided into small round tufts. 1842 Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Lophobranchiates, an order of Osseous fishes, comprehending those in which the gills are in the form of small tufts, and disposed in pairs along the branchial arches; as in the pipe-fish and hippocamp. 1881 Seeley in Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 12 In..the Plectognathi and Lophobranchiates, the otolites are represented by calcareous dust. |
So lophoˈbranchous a.
| 1856 J. E. Gray Kaup's Catal. Lophobranchiate Fish Brit. Mus. Pref., Lophobranchous Fishes. |