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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..

Pectinibranchiate :: Pectinibranchiate (a.) Having pectinated gills.

Argillaceous :: Argillaceous (a.) Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey..

Hydrobranchiata :: Hydrobranchiata (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera..

Gill :: Gill (n.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

Obsigillation :: Obsigillation (n.) A sealing up.

Aspersorium :: Aspersorium (n.) A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

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

Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).

Lungfish :: Lungfish (n.) Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.

Branchiopoda :: Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense..

Suprachoroid :: Suprabranchial (a.) Situated above the branchiae; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.

Water Breather :: Water breather () Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.

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

Orgulous :: Orgulous (a.) See Orgillous.

Amphiuma :: Amphiuma (n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake..

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

Gill :: Gill (n.) A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.

Lamellibranchiate :: Lamellibranchiate (a.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.

Opercle :: Opercle (n.) Any one of the bony plates which support the gill covers of fishes; an opercular bone.

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