gills
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) the wattle of birds such as domestic fowl
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informal looking or feeling nauseated
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Oil spills can cause immediate deaths of marine animals and other organisms, for example by physically trapping turtles, smothering the feathers of seabirds or damaging the gills of fish.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
More active modern species require more oxygen under normal conditions, but they also possess the muscles and gills needed to handle rising oxygen demands during warming.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
In its juvenile stage, popular thought would have anticipated it to show tadpole-like features like external gills, explained Jason Pardo, a research associate at Chicago's Field Museum and the study's co-lead author.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Every week, I scroll through dozens of videos of influencers piling their carts high with secondhand clothes surely destined for closets stuffed to the gills.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026
“How much mercury would it take to reduce two gills of white sulfur?” he asked pompously, as if I’d already given the wrong answer.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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