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Derotremata :: Derotremata (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata..

Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).

Greengill :: Greengill (n.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood..

Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus..

Caducibranchiate :: Caducibranchiate (a.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

Operculated :: Operculated (a.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes..

Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.

Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

Siphonobranchiata :: Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group..

Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Orgillous :: Orgillous (a.) Proud; haughty.

Branchiferous :: Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods..

Opercle :: Opercle (n.) Any one of the bony plates which support the gill covers of fishes; an opercular bone.

Jill-flirt :: "Jill-flirt (n.) A light, giddy, or wanton girl or woman. See Gill-flirt..

Malacobdella :: Malacobdella (n.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha..

Gillian :: Gillian (n.) A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill..

Potamospongiae :: Potamospongiae (n. pl.) The fresh-water sponges. See Spongilla.

Branchiostegal :: Branchiostegal (a.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes.

Scyllaea :: Scyllaea (n.) A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest..

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