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Nudibranchiata :: Nudibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia..

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..

Sigillative :: Sigillative (a.) Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax.

Lugworm :: Lugworm (n.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm..

Unibranchiate :: Unibranchiate (a.) Having but one gill, as certain molluscs..

Tristoma :: Tristoma (n.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes..

Aspergill :: Aspergill (n.) Alt. of Aspergillu.

Pugilistic :: Pugilistic (a.) Of or pertaining to pugillism.

Cyclobranchiate :: Cyclobranchiate (a.) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets..

Pneumoskeleton :: Pneumoskeleton (n.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.

Gill :: Gill (n.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names..

Log :: Log (n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills..

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

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..

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

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid..

Abranchiate :: Abranchiate (a.) Without gills.

Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.

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..

Sabella :: Sabella (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.

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