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   gill

   /ɡɪl/

   noun

   • 1. the paired respiratory organ of fish and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.
   • ▪ an organ in an invertebrate animal with a similar function to gills in fish and amphibians.
   • 2. the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools.
   • 3. the wattles or dewlap of a domestic fowl.

   verb

   • 1. gut or clean (a fish).
   • 2. catch (a fish) in a gill net.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gilled adjective

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   What does Gill mean in zoology?

   • 1. (Zoology) the respiratory organ in many aquatic animals, consisting of a membrane or outgrowth well supplied with blood vessels. External gills occur in tadpoles, some molluscs, etc; internal gills, within gill slits, occur in most fishes. 2.

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   What is a gill in a fish?

   • 1. the respiratory organ in many aquatic animals, consisting of a membrane or outgrowth well supplied with blood vessels. External gills occur in tadpoles, some molluscs, etc; internal gills, within gill slits, occur in most fishes 2. 3. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Northern England dialect

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   What is the meaning of the name Gill?

   • There are already 1,004 users and over 5,000 genealogy profiles with the Gill surname on Geni. Explore Gill genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. Old English from older Danish: means slit, rift, rill. Think 'fish gill'. Old English: Jack and his Gill went up the hill. -- Jock Gill

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   Where do gills occur?

   • External gills occur in tadpoles, some molluscs, etc; internal gills, within gill slits, occur in most fishes. 2. (Botany) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom

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   A gill is the body part that helps a fish breathe underwater. In fish and other aquatic creatures, their gills are equivalent to our lungs.

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