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Definitions of gill in various dictionaries:
noun - a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
noun - a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
noun - any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
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| Quarter pint |
| Part of a fish |
| Liquid measure |
| Fish organ |
| It obtains oxygen from water |
| Flounder's filter |
| Deep-sea oxygen supplier |
| Four fluid ounces |
| Skate part |
| Fishy feature |
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| Respiratory fish flap |
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| to the gills Informal As full as possible completely. |
| To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish. |
| To gut or clean (fish). |
| To catch (fish) in a gill net. |
| Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus. |
| Informal The area around the chin and neck. |
| A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 14 of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters). |
| A unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint. |
| A female ferret. |
| A narrow mountain stream. |
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A gill ( ( listen)) is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist. The microscopic structure of a gill presents a large surface area to the external environment. Branchia (pl. branchiae) is the zoologists' name for gills (from Ancient Greek). * With the exception of some aquatic insects, the filaments and lamellae (folds) contain blood or coelomic fluid, from which gases are exchanged through the thin walls. The blood carries oxygen to other parts of the body. Carbon dioxide passes from the blood through the thin gill tissue into the water. Gills or gill-like organs, located in different parts of the body, are found in various groups of aquatic animals, including mollusks, crustaceans, insects, fish, and amphibians. Semiterrestrial marine animals such as crabs and mudskippers have gill chamb |