gill in English

noun

1

the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

Some others, like the Siamese fighting fish, are capable of breathing air in addition to extracting oxygen from the water with their gills .

2

the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools.

An agaric, such as the common field mushroom, has gills in the form of fine, radiating ‘plates’.

3

the wattles or dewlap of a fowl.

4

a unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint.

The sets of weights were once the work tools of the county's pound police where they were used to measure the pounds, ounces, quarters and gills of an untold number of items.

5

a deep ravine, especially a wooded one.

After sampling the cheese, walk to the neighbouring village of Hardraw, which is Old English for ‘shepherd's dwelling ’, and view Hardraw Force where Hearne Beck plunges nearly 100 ft into the deep ghyll below.

6

a young woman; a sweetheart.

7

a female ferret.

A female ferret is called a jill while a male is called a hob.

verb

1

gut or clean (a fish).

Immediately after this, gut and gill all fish you wish to eat.

2

catch (a fish) in a gill net.

noun

• branchia
• lamella

Use "gill" in a sentence

1. Cephalopod Gill Morphology Richard E

2. Every Jack has his Jill / Gill.

3. 3 Gill had an extraordinary, incandescent personality.

4. Gill had an extraordinary, incandescent personality.

5. 4 Gill had an extraordinary, incandescent personality.

6. Han-Gill Park founded Atomy Co., Ltd

7. 11 Every Jack has his Jill / Gill.

8. Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.

9. Han-Gill Park founded Atomy Co., Ltd

10. Clair F.. Gill testified before the two subcommittees.

11. Gill seized my hand and shook it heartily.

12. But they have two types of gill structures.

13. 12 Gill speaks in a quiet Irish brogue.

14. 5 Gill seized my hand and shook it heartily.

15. Branchia, a gill or similar organ of respiration

16. Other articles where Cracking is discussed: Gill v

17. Do you know what happened to Gill Lovecy ?

18. Chibber Boghtyn: Gill 1929: Pauper's Well: 18: Brandy Well (the) Near Junction of Baldwin & Laxey: Gill 1929: AKA Chibber Slieau Maggle: 19: Brewhouse Well (the) Castletown: Gill 1929: Mentioned in an extract from the Will of Cath

19. Phylogenetically, the Branchial apparatus is related to gill slits.

20. Gill: Oh no, look! I pantyhose, the left leg.

21. It's not typical of Gill to be so critical.

22. 16 Clair F.. Gill testified before the two subcommittees.

23. 15 Gill and Bernard give her all she needs.

24. 9 Do you know what happened to Gill Lovecy ?

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26. 19 It's not typical of Gill to be so critical.

27. Do you know what happened to Gill Lovecy ?WHICH WORD?

28. 3 Every Jack must [shall] have his Jill [Gill]. 

29. Why don't you ask Gill? She's well up on dog breeding.

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31. 10 It's not typical of Gill to be so critical.

32. 2 A good Jack makes a good Jill [Gill]. 

33. Gill, MA — Beryle (Hawley) Moore, 100, passed on June 26, 2021

34. 13 Do you know what happened to Gill Lovecy ?WHICH WORD?

35. What does Branchia mean? A gill or similar organ of respiration

36. Gill: Oh no, look! I snagged my pantyhose, the left leg.

37. Gill: Oh no, look! I've snagged my pantyhose, the left leg.

38. Branchia definition: a gill in aquatic animals Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

39. Branchia (plural Branchiae) A gill or other organ having the same function.

40. The word branchs, (pronounced "Branks") in prosobranchs, means 'gill'.Mollusca

41. Gill points to the death of moral absolutism as a major factor.

42. Civilisation: The Complete Series Kenneth Clark (Actor), Michael Gill (Director), Peter Montagnon (Director)

43. The derma, scale follicle, fin, gill, kidney, liver, spleen and intestine of diseased fish revealed to a greater or lesser degree pathological changes, especially in the kidney, derma and gill.

44. 8 Gill decided to stay on at university to do further research.

45. In Crangon crangon, the first pair, the maxillula, pumps water into the gill cavity.

46. It was designed by the American architectural firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.

47. This is called the gill withdrawal reflex, and is simply a protective reaction.

48. 21 The gill openings were arranged in an oblique line as in lampreys.

49. These precipitates occupy the interlamellar space obstructing the movement of gill filaments and respiration .

50. Many have barbels and small gill slits, with the fifth slit overlapping the fourth.