Definition of gill

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Gill (n.) A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint..

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Branchial :: Branchial (a.) Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.
Unibranchiate :: Unibranchiate (a.) Having but one gill, as certain molluscs..
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..
Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
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..
Gill :: Gill (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.
Argillo-ferruginous :: Argillo-ferruginous (a.) Containing clay and iron.
Pneumophora :: Pneumophora (n. pl.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus..
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..
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..
Siredon :: Siredon (n.) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl..
Scyllaea :: Scyllaea (n.) A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest..
Proteidea :: Proteidea (n. pl.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus (Necturus). Called also Proteoidea, and Proteida..
Gill :: Gill (n.) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
Notobranchiata :: Notobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.
Proteus :: Proteus (n.) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.
Raker :: Raker (n.) See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill..
Derotremata :: Derotremata (n. pl.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata..
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