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Tracheobranchia :: Tracheobranchia (n.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.

Gillhouse :: Gillhouse (n.) A shop where gill is sold.

Calcareo-argillaceous :: Calcareo-argillaceous (a.) consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths..

Stigmata :: Stigmaria (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.

Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

Sigillaria :: Sigillaria (n.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.

Pellibranchiata :: Pellibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill..

Plate-gilled :: Plate-gilled (a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks..

Pseudobranchia :: Pseudobranchia (n.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill..

Asperges :: Asperges (n.) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Phyllobranchia :: Phyllobranchia (n.) A crustacean gill composed of lamellae.

Argillous :: Argillous (a.) Argillaceous; clayey.

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..

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.

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

July-flower :: July-flower (n.) See Gillyflower.

Pedata :: Pedata (n. pl.) An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill..

Branchial :: Branchial (a.) Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.

Sparrow :: Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House..

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

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