gill
noun
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
gilled
-
a word derived from
gill.
Example Sentences
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Black cod that were spiked and gilled by Poseidon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
And although the new building included a fine aquarium, no funds had been appropriated to move and feed the gilled attractions.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2017
The fish are bled, gilled, gutted, washed and packed in ice after being caught.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2017
During this time, the gilled larval stage is found only within the egg capsule, with the gills being resorbed, and metamorphosis being completed, before hatching.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Hence we find in the lowest Amphibia, the gilled Amphibia, that, like the Dipneusta, they pass the greater part of their life in the water, and breathe water through gills.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
