gill raker
(vertebrate zoology) One of the bony processes on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes which prevents the passage of solid substances through the branchial clefts.
(vertebrate zoology) One of the bony processes on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes which prevents the passage of solid substances through the branchial clefts.
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