See Also: Branchiostegal(medicine)
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Austro (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
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Austro-(1) (iou) and Branchiostegal (medicine)


Austro-(1) (iou)



Austro- combining form1 of AUSTRIAN, as Austro-Hungarian, Austro-Prussian, etc.: see -O-.

Branchiostegal (medicine)


branchiostegal
<anatomy> A branchiostegal ray.

This term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchiae. But the arrangement was artificial, and has been rejected.

Origin: Gr. Gill + to cover: cf. F. Branchiostege.

Source: Websters Dictionary