This is known as a long vowel sound, because it says the ânameâ of the letter. The same goes for the other vowels. A short vowel sound is a vowel sound that does not follow this rule. When reading a word that uses a short vowel sound, will say the sound that the letter can make that is not its actual name. So in the case of âA,â the word âmainâ might have a long âAâ sound because we pronounce the âAâ as /Ä/, whereas the word âmanâ has a short vowel sound.
Gill arches supporting the gills in a pike. Branchial arches, or gill arches, are a series of bony loops present in fish, which support the gills. As gills are the primitive condition of vertebrates, all vertebrate embryos develop pharyngeal arches, though the eventual fate of these arches varies between taxa.
A gill (/É¡Éªl/) is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist.