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Gillie Gilly :: Gillie Gilly (n.) A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands..

Fungia :: Fungia (n.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter..

Zygobranchia :: Zygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella) are examples.

Beard :: Beard (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster..

Phyllite :: Phyllite (n.) Clay slate; argillaceous schist.

Branchia :: Branchia (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have..

Tectibranchiate :: Tectibranchiate (a.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.

Pneumophora :: Pneumophora (n. pl.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree..

Marsipobranchia :: Marsipobranchia (n. pl.) A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii..

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..

Sigilla :: Sigilla (pl. ) of Sigillu.

Scutibranchiate :: Scutibranchiate (a.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.

Pint :: Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart..

Cryptobranchiate :: Cryptobranchiate (a.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.

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

Gillyflower :: Gillyflower (n.) A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white..

Infrabranchial :: Infrabranchial (a.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Caducous :: Caducous () Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole..

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..

Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.

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