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gill raker

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gill raker [′gil ‚rāk·ər]
(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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The snout may be a third of the length of the body; it is equipped with sense organs that assist the fish in finding its prey of small crustaceans, which it strains out with gill rakers (see gill).
The snout may be a third of the length of the body; it is equipped with sense organs that assist the fish in finding its prey of small crustaceans, which it strains out with gill rakers (see gill).
The snout may be a third of the length of the body; it is equipped with sense organs that assist the fish in finding its prey of small crustaceans, which it strains out with gill rakers (see gill).
 
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