Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun branchial_arch

1 sense of branchial arch

Sense 1
gill arch, branchial arch, gill bar -- (one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians)
       => structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure -- (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure")