gill filament
[ gil ]
noun
one of the threadlike processes forming the respiratory surface of a gill.
Origin of gill filament
1First recorded in 1840–50
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How to use gill filament in a sentence
In the gill filament the blood comes into contact with the free oxygen of the water bathing the gills.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterGill-filament ventrally directed and reflected, connected by ciliated junctions.
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