gill : Idioms & Phrases

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external gill

  • noun occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians
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flirt-gill

Flirt"-gill` noun
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  1. A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. Obs. Shak.
    You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1913

Gill ale

  • . (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy. (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
Webster 1913

gill arch

  • noun one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
    branchial arch; gill arch.
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Gill arches, Gill bars

  • . (Anat.) Same as Branchial arches.
Webster 1913

gill bar

  • noun one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
    branchial arch; gill arch.
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gill cleft

  • noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
    gill cleft; branchial cleft.
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Gill clefts

  • noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
    gill cleft; branchial cleft.
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  • . (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.
Webster 1913

Gill cover, Gill lid

  • . See Operculum.
Webster 1913

Gill frame, ∨ Gill head

  • (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. Knight.
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gill fungus

  • noun a basidiomycete with gills
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Gill net

  • noun a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills
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  • 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.
Webster 1913

Gill opening, ∨ 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.
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Gill rakes, ∨ 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.
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gill slit

  • noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
    gill cleft; branchial cleft.
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gill-flirt

Gill"-flirt` noun
Definitions
  1. A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913

gill-less

  • adjective having no gills
    abranchious; abranchial; abranchiate.
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gill-over-the-ground

  • noun trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
    field balm; ground ivy; runaway robin; Nepeta hederaceae; Glechoma hederaceae; alehoof.
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