Symbranchia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Symbranchii \Sym*bran"chi*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + ?
     a gill.] (Zool.)
     An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings
     confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally
     attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw
     is formed by the premaxillary. Called also {Symbranchia}.


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