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

Dermobranchiata :: Dermobranchiata (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.

Argilliferous :: Argilliferous (a.) Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

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..

Pneumoskeleton :: Pneumoskeleton (n.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.

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..

Aspergilliform :: Aspergilliform (a.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma..

Orgillous :: Orgillous (a.) Proud; haughty.

Suggillation :: Suggillate (v. t.) To beat livid, or black and blue..

Stock :: Stock (n.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua)..

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

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata..

Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.

Gill :: Gill (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.

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..

Tristoma :: Tristoma (n.) Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes..

Hag :: Hag (n.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken..

Atrium :: Atrium (n.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea..

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

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