subˈbrachian, a. and n. Ichth.
[As prec. + -an.]
A. adj. = prec. 1. B. n. A subbrachiate fish; one of the Subbrachiati (formerly -ata).
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sci., etc. 1183 Subbrachians, the name of the order of Malacopterygious fishes comprising those which have the ventral fins situated either immediately beneath and between, or a little in front or behind the pectoral fins. a 1843 in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 293/2 The Fish is designated Jugular or Subbrachian when the ventral fins are immediately beneath the pectoral and connected with their girdle, as the Cod. |
So subˈbrachiate [mod.L. subbrachiātus].
| 1859 Mayne Expos. Lex., Subbrachiatus,..subbrachiate. |