gill
noun
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
gill-like
-
a word derived from
gill.
Example Sentences
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The upper fairing is wider, as is the lower fairing—including gill-like deflectors that can be opened or closed for the rider’s comfort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Huerta’s performance is weighted more with sorrow than anger, and his people, with their blue skins and gill-like masks, are beautiful and mysterious.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
These mushroom-producing basidiomyces are sometimes referred to as “gill fungi” because of the presence of gill-like structures on the underside of the cap.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
And adult acorn worms — together only with chordates — have gill-like pharyngeal slits for breathing and feeding.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 15, 2013
Aeriductus: a spiracle: the tracheal, gill-like structures of aquatic larvae: more specifically the tail-like extensions of rat-tailed maggots and some aquatic Hemiptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
