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Definition of gill
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Gill (n.) One of the combs of
closely
ranged
steel pins which
divide
the
ribbons
of flax fiber or wool into fewer
parallel
filaments.
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Tectibranchiata
::
Tectibranchiata
(n. pl.) An
order,
or
suborder,
of
gastropod
Mollusca
in which the gills are
usually
situated
on one side of the back, and
protected
by a fold of the
mantle.
When there is a
shell,
it is
usually
thin and
delicate
and often
rudimentary.
The
aplysias
and the
bubble
shells
are
examples..
Operculated
::
Operculated
(a.)
Having
an
operculum,
or an
apparatus
for
protecting
the
gills;
-- said of
shells
and of
fishes..
Sigillated
::
Sigillated
(a.)
Decorated
by means of
stamps;
-- said of
pottery.
Tracheobranchia
::
Tracheobranchia
(n.) One of the
gill-like
breathing
organs
of
certain
aquatic
insect
larvae.
They
contain
tracheal
tubes
somewhat
similar
to those of other
insects.
Leaflet
::
Leaflet
(n.) A
leaflike
organ or part; as, a
leaflet
of the gills of
fishes..
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..
Priapulacea
::
Priapulacea
(n. pl.) A
suborder
of
Gephyraea,
having
a
cylindrical
body with a
terminal
anal
opening,
and
usually
with one or two
caudal
gills..
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..
Potamospongiae
::
Potamospongiae
(n. pl.) The
fresh-water
sponges.
See
Spongilla.
Lungfish
::
Lungfish
(n.) Any fish
belonging
to the
Dipnoi;
-- so
called
because
they have both lungs and
gills.
Unibranchiate
::
Unibranchiate
(a.)
Having
but one gill, as
certain
molluscs..
Stigma
::
Stigma
(v. t.) One of the
apertures
of the gill of an
ascidian,
and of
Amphioxus..
Sigillaria
::
Sigillaria
(n. pl.)
Little
images
or
figures
of
earthenware
exposed
for sale, or given as
presents,
on the last two days of the
Saturnalia;
hence,
the last two, or the sixth and
seventh,
days of the
Saturnalia..
Argillous
::
Argillous
(a.)
Argillaceous;
clayey.
Orgillous
::
Orgillous
(a.)
Proud;
haughty.
Prosobranchiata
::
Prosobranchiata
(n. pl.) The
highest
division,
or
subclass,
of
gastropod
mollusks,
including
those that have the gills
situated
anteriorly,
or
forward
of the
heart,
and the sexes
separate..
Serpula
::
Serpula
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
tubicolous
annelids
of the genus
Serpula
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Serpulidae.
They
secrete
a
calcareous
tube, which is
usually
irregularly
contorted,
but is
sometimes
spirally
coiled.
The worm has a
wreath
of
plumelike
and often
bright-colored
gills
around
its head, and
usually
an
operculum
to close the
aperture
of its tube when it
retracts..
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..
Sigillaria
::
Sigillaria
(n.) A genus of
fossil
trees
principally
found in the coal
formation;
-- so named from the
seallike
leaf scars in
vertical
rows on the
surface.
Dibranchiate
::
Dibranchiate
(a.)
Having
two
gills.
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