filibranch gill

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filibranch gill: (Mollusca: Bivalvia) Gills with bars of tissues between the limbs of the “U” at intervals with filaments attached to adjacent filaments by specialized ciliary junctions; functioning in inhalent and feeding-ventilating currents.
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