Definition of gill

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Gill (n.) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

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Suggillation :: Suggillate (v. t.) To beat livid, or black and blue..
Gill :: Gill (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Lophobranchii :: Lophobranchii (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes..
Trachystomata :: Trachystomata (n. pl.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life..
Pneumoskeleton :: Pneumoskeleton (n.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.
Bunting :: Bunting (n.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae)..
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..
Tethys :: Tethys (n.) A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored..
Cryptobranchiate :: Cryptobranchiate (a.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.
Orgulous :: Orgulous (a.) See Orgillous.
Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.
Branchiferous :: Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods..
Atrium :: Atrium (n.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea..
Sigilla :: Sigilla (pl. ) of Sigillu.
Fish :: Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces..
Cyclobranchiate :: Cyclobranchiate (a.) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets..
Pseudobranchia :: Pseudobranchia (n.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill..
Gill :: Gill (n.) A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint..
Spongin :: Spongilla (n.) A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.
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