— lophobranchiate /lof'euh brang"kee it, -ayt', loh'feuh-/ , adj. , n.
/lof"euh brangk', loh"feuh-/ , adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
n.
2. a lophobranch fish.
[ 1855-60; Lophobranchii name of the group lóph ( os ) crest, tuft + -o- -O- + branchí ( a ) BRANCHIA + L -i nom. pl. n. ending ]