Definition of gill

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Gill (n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom..

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Spirable :: Spiodea (n. pl.) An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes..
Gill :: Gill (n.) The flesh under or about the chin.
Scutibranchiate :: Scutibranchiate (a.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.
Jill-flirt :: "Jill-flirt (n.) A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt..
Operculated :: Operculated (a.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes..
Bunting :: Bunting (n.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae)..
Aspergilliform :: Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma..
Lepidosiren :: Lepidosiren (n.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko..
Branchiferous :: Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods..
July-flower :: July-flower (n.) See Gillyflower.
Suicidal :: Suggillation (n.) A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise..
Carinaria :: Carinaria (n.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills..
Gill :: Gill (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.
Analogue :: Analogue (n.) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations..
Sigillative :: Sigillative (a.) Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax.
Argillite :: Argillite (n.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc..
Priapulacea :: Priapulacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Gephyraea, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills..
Sigillum :: Sigillum (n.) A seal.
Badiaga :: Badiaga (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises..
Muchkin :: Muchkin (n.) A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint..
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