gill pouch

[ gil ]

/ gɪl /

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noun

branchial pouch.

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Origin of gill pouch

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby gill pouch

Gillingham, gillion, gillnet, gill-netter, gill-over-the-ground, gill pouch, gill raker, Gillray, gills, gill slit, gilly

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How to use gill pouch in a sentence

“I feel sorry for what she did to Russ and his daughter,” Gill said.
Open-Carry Militia Mom ‘Murders’ Family|Brandy Zadrozny|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“She was hot-headed, had her own way of doing things,” Gill said—and so, he left to form a separate militia group.
Open-Carry Militia Mom ‘Murders’ Family|Brandy Zadrozny|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stuffed into the pouch on the back of the seat in front of me is the local newspaper.
Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another was Faisal Gill, a U.S. Navy veteran, who had in the past secured the GOP nomination for the Virginia House of Delegates.
New NSA Bombshell Proves ‘Muslim’ Equals ‘Suspicious’ in America|Dean Obeidallah|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The other daughter had been saved from harm when a notebook with a pouch of pens stopped a bullet.
The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest|Michael Daly|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tobacco-box, during the reign of Elizabeth, was no unimportant part of a dandy's outfit; sometimes a pouch or bag was used.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
His tobacco pouch, which he laid upon the table, was a fantastic embroidered silk affair, evidently the handiwork of a woman.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
"You used to carry your tobacco in a rubber pouch," said Edna, picking up the pouch and examining the needlework.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He thrust the pouch back in his pocket, as if to put away the subject with the trifle which had brought it up.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The most significant of these is that in which the embryo is closely assimilated to the fish, by the possession of gill slits.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris

British Dictionary definitions for gill pouch

gill pouch

/ (ɡɪl) /

noun

any of a series of paired linear pouches in chordate embryos, arising as outgrowths of the wall of the pharynx. In fish and some amphibians they become the gill slits

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