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GillGill Gill, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
``Each Jack with his Gill.' --B. Jonson.
2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof. Gill
Gill Gill, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]
GillGill Gill, n.
A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.] --Jameison. Gill
Gill Gill, n. [Icel. gil.]
A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
GillGill Gill, n. [OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine,
LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.]
A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint. GillGill Gill, n. [Dan. gi[ae]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g["a]l,
Icel. gj["o]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
--Ray.
Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages,
through which the blood circulates, and in which it is
exposed to the action of the air contained in the
water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the
visceral arches on either side of the neck. In
invertebrates they occupy various situations.
2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the
under surface of a mushroom.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a
fowl; a wattle.
4. The flesh under or about the chin. --Swift.
5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins
which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer
parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles,
needles. --Ure.]
Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as Branchial
arches.
Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under
Branchial.
Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum.
Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a
machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
--Knight.
Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its
meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the
gills when they seek to extricate themselves.
Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and
below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by
which the water from the gills is discharged. In most
fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the
sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.
Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or
progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of
fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being
carried into gill cavities.
Meaning of Gills from wikipedia
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gill (/ɡɪl/ ) is a
respiratory organ that many
aquatic organisms use to
extract dissolved oxygen from
water and to
excrete carbon dioxide. The
gills of...
- the
gills to the stem is
classified based on the
shape of the
gills when
viewed from the side,
while color,
crowding and the
shape of
individual gills can...
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External gills are the
gills of an animal, most
typically an amphibian, that are
exposed to the environment,
rather than set
inside the
pharynx and covered...
- Fish
gills are
organs that
allow fish to
breathe underwater. Most fish
exchange gases like
oxygen and
carbon dioxide using gills that are
protected under...
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Gill slits are
individual openings to
gills, i.e.,
multiple gill arches,
which lack a
single outer cover. Such
gills are
characteristic of cartilaginous...
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Gill, branchiae,
gill,
gilled, or
gills in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
gill is an
aquatic respiratory organ.
Gill or
Gills may also refer...
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Artificial gills may
refer to:
Imitation gills put into
stuffed fish for the sake of
appearance in
taxidermy An
inaccurate term for
liquid breathing sets...
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evolved from book
gills, water-breathing
structures among marine chelicerates.
Although they have a
similar book-like structure, book
gills are external,...
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Adrian Anthony Gill (28 June 1954 – 10
December 2016) was a
British journalist, critic, and author. Best
known for his food and
travel writing, he was...
- swimming.
Newly hatched tadpoles soon
develop gill pouches that
cover the
gills.
These internal gills and
operculum are not
homologous with
those of...
