vascularised
Containing vessels that carry or circulate fluids, especially blood.
Used in 198 profiles
Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
Containing vessels that carry or circulate fluids, especially blood.
Used in 198 profiles
Respiratory organ of fishes and some other aquatic organisms comprising a highly-vascularised membrane or outgrowth.
Used in 314 profiles
Highly folded, vascularised, suprabranchial accessory breathing organ formed via extension of the first epibranchial bone and used to respire atmospheric oxygen. Found in all members of the freshwater fish suborder Anabantoidei.
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