Meaning Of The Word Gill
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Gill Meaning
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Gills are the organs on the sides of fish and other water creatures through which they breathe. Gill in American English noun: a male given name gill in American English 1 the organ for breathing of most animals that live in water, as fish, lobsters, or clams, consisting of a simple saclike or complex feathery evagination of the body surface, usually richly supplied with blood noun: the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water gill in American English 2 a unit of liquid measure, equal to 1⁄4 pint or 4 fluid ounces (0.11829375 liquid liter or 118.29375 milliliters) noun: a unit of liquid measure equal to 1⁄4 pint (118.2937 ml) gill in American English 3 a girl or woman; esp., a sweetheart noun: a deep rocky cleft or wooded ravine forming the course of a stream gill in American English 4 a wooded ravine or glen noun: a girl or young woman; sweetheart gill in American English 5 noun: a faller used in the combing process, generally for only the highest-quality fibers transitive verb: to comb (fibers) with a gill Gill in British English noun: (Arthur) Eric (Rowton). 1882–1940, British sculptor, engraver, and typographer: his sculptures include the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral, London gill in British English 1 noun: 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 verb: to catch (fish) or (of fish) to be caught in a gill net gill in British English 2 noun: a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint gill in British English 3 noun: a narrow stream; rivulet gill in British English 4 noun: a girl or sweetheart |
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