lophobranchii

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lophobranchii - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lophobranchii \Loph`o*bran"chi*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lo`fos a
     crest or tuft + bra`gchion gill.] (Zool.)
     An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in
     tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and
     pipefishes.
     [1913 Webster]