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    gill
    [ɡɪl]
    noun
    (gills)
    gill (noun) · gills (plural 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
    gill (verb) · gills (third person present) · gilled (past tense) · gilled (past participle) · gilling (present participle)
    1. gut or clean (a fish).
    2. catch (a fish) in a gill net.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old Norse.
    gill
    [dʒɪl]
    noun
    gill (noun) · gills (plural noun)
    1. a unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French gille ‘measure or container for wine’, from late Latin gillo ‘water pot’.
    gill
    [ɡɪl]
    noun
    NORTHERN ENGLISH
    gill (noun) · gills (plural noun) · ghyll (noun) · ghylls (plural noun)
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old Norse gil ‘deep glen’. The spelling ghyll was introduced by Wordsworth.
    gill
    [dʒɪl]
    noun
    gill (noun) · gills (plural noun) · jill (noun) · jills (plural noun)
    1. a female ferret. Compare with hob.
    2. derogatory
      a young woman.
    Origin
    late Middle English: abbreviation of the given name Gillian.
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    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.
    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
    A 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 some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist.
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    Middle English gile, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish gäl gill, Old Norse gjǫlnar lips; akin to Greek chelynē lip, jawbone Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil; akin to Old High German gil hernia Middle English, from Gill, nickname for Gillian 14th century, in the meaning defined above 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
  3. gill 1 [ gil ] show ipa See synonyms for gill on Thesaurus.com noun the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
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    gill (noun) 1 gill / ˈ gɪl/ noun plural gills Britannica Dictionary definition of GILL [count] : the body part that a fish uses for breathing
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    gill meaning: an organ on each side of a fish or other water creature which it uses to breathe.
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