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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..

Aspergill :: Aspergill (n.) Alt. of Aspergillu.

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

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

Symmetral :: Symbranchii (n. pl.) An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia..

Pellibranchiata :: Pellibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill..

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..

Trematodea :: Trematodea (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodi

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

Argillous :: Argillous (a.) Argillaceous; clayey.

July-flower :: July-flower (n.) See Gillyflower.

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus..

Analogue :: Analogue (n.) An organ which is equivalent in its functions to a different organ in another species or group, or even in the same group; as, the gill of a fish is the analogue of a lung in a quadruped, although the two are not of like structural relations..

Lugworm :: Lugworm (n.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm..

Dibranchiate :: Dibranchiate (a.) Having two gills.

Infrabranchial :: Infrabranchial (a.) Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Sabella :: Sabella (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.

Sigillarid :: Sigillarid (n.) One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies..

Pedata :: Pedata (n. pl.) An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill..

Cyclobranchiate :: Cyclobranchiate (a.) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets..

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