a. and sb. Ichthyol. [ad. mod.L. Lophobranchiī, f. Gr. λόφο-ς crest, tuft + βράγχια gills.] = LOPHOBRANCHIATE a. and sb.

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1859–62.  Sir J. Richardson, etc., Mus. Nat. Hist. (1868), II. 157. The Lophobranchs have an osseous internal skeleton.

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1890.  Century Dict., Lophobranch a. and sb.

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