| placode | <embryology> Area of thickened ectoderm in the embryo from which a nerve ganglion or a sense organ will develop. (31 Dec 1997) |
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| suprabranchial | <zoology> Situated above the branchiae; applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |