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Fringilline :: Fringilline (a.) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.

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..

Bunting :: Bunting (n.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae)..

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

Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (n.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia..

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

Gill-flirt :: Gill-flirt (n.) A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill..

Sigillated :: Sigillated (a.) Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.

Aspersoir :: Aspersoir (n.) An aspergill.

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

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

Anthobranchia :: Anthobranchia (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris..

Ghyll :: Ghyll (n.) A ravine. See Gill a woody glen.

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..

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

Leaflet :: Leaflet (n.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes..

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

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..

Inferobranchiate :: Inferobranchiate (a.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata..

Stomate :: Stomapoda (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea..

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