gill-breathing

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• gill — gill1 [gil] n. [ME gile, prob. < Anglo N < or akin to ON gjǫlnar, jaws, gills, older Dan ( fiske) gaeln, Swed gäl < IE base * ghelunā , jaw > Gr chelynē, lip, jaw] 1. the organ for breathing of most animals that live in water, as fish …   English World dictionary

• Gill-man — infobox fictional creature name = The Gill man caption = The Gill man, as portrayed by Ben Chapman in Creature from the Black Lagoon . classification = Devonian amphibian first = Creature from the Black Lagoon last = The Monster Squad created by …   Wikipedia

• gill — English has three separate words gill. The oldest, gill ‘ravine’ [11], was borrowed from Old Norse gil, a word of unknown ancestry. Gill ‘fishes’ breathing organ’ [14] probably also comes from an Old Norse *gil, never actually recorded, but… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• gill — English has three separate words gill. The oldest, gill ‘ravine’ [11], was borrowed from Old Norse gil, a word of unknown ancestry. Gill ‘fishes’ breathing organ’ [14] probably also comes from an Old Norse *gil, never actually recorded, but… …   Word origins

• gill — noun /ɡɪl/ a) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals. Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills. b) A gill slit or gill cover. Syn: lamella …   Wiktionary

• gill — {{11}}gill (1) organ of breathing in fishes, early 14c., of unknown origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, e.g. O.N. giolnar which perhaps means gills; O.Dan. gæln (in fiske gæln fish gill ). Related: Gills. {{12}}gill (2) liquid measure… …   Etymology dictionary

• breathing — breathingly, adv. /bree dhing/, n. 1. the act of a person or other animal that breathes; respiration. 2. a single breath. 3. the short time required for a single breath. 4. a pause, as for breath. 5. utterance or words. 6. a gentle moving or… …   Universalium

• gill slit — noun Date: 1854 1. any of the openings or clefts between the gill arches in vertebrates that breathe by gills through which water taken in at the mouth passes to the exterior and so bathes the gills 2. any of the rudimentary grooves in the neck… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gill — dʒɪl n. breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals; unit of capacity equal to one fourth of a pint (1.183 deciliters) v. clean a fish …   English contemporary dictionary

• Water breathing — may refer to: * The natural ability to extract oxygen from water, such as with gills * The analogous comic book superhero poweree also* Liquid breathing, breathing a specialized oxygenated fluid …   Wikipedia

• accessory breathing organ — labyrinth organ (a much folded suprabranchial accessory breathing organ found in Anabantoidei. Formed by vascularized expansion of the epibranchial of the first gill arch. Used for respiration in air) …   Dictionary of ichthyology