gills

British  

/ ɡɪlz /

plural noun

1. (sometimes singular) the wattle of birds such as domestic fowl

2. informal looking or feeling nauseated

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gills Idioms  

1. see fed to the gills; green about the gills.

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Example Sentences

On the underside of its cap are white gills and spores.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s also helpful to show the gills located underneath its cap, Diaz said.

From Los Angeles Times

But the managers of alternative assets have this gigantic market squarely in their sights—especially now that institutional investors are stuffed to the gills with private assets they’ve been struggling to unload.

From The Wall Street Journal

For more than an hour, I lost myself in a flow state as I sought to replicate the slender mushroom’s fine gills and delicate but ragged skirt.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fish emerge with a hole in the head and incisions near the gills before being placed in an ice slurry for blood drainage.

From Los Angeles Times

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