I have a bar counter height and because I am short I never use the bar stools because it is hard to get up on the stools. In my next home when I have a kitchen I am going to have the counter height island area.
Noun. 1. subphylum - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class. biological science, biology-the science that studies living organisms. taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group-animal or plant group having natural relations.
The operculum is a bony structure covering and protecting the gills in teleosts; it plays an important part in the breathing mechanism. Elasmobranchs do not have an operculum but there are separate gill slits for each gill. The lateral line is a jelly-filled tube or canal just below the skin.