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Definition of Gills
1. gill [v] - See also: gill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gills
Literary usage of Gills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"The body oblong ; the head large, with beards ; the covers of the gills armed
... The body oblong ; the head with a beak ; the fin covering the gills with ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
".-p.. gills of Sebastes sp, sp. ; 2. ... gills of Tetradon sp.. sp.; ... H.
gressa n. sp., gills of Tk. sp. ; VI. ..."
3. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"93 gills usually free, pileus deeply plicate so that the gills are split ...
128 gills not decurrent, plants parasitic on other mushrooms. ..."
4. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Henry Dallinger (1891)
"The external gills reach their highest development on the fourth or fifth day after
... Anterior portion of young tadpole, showing the external gills, ..."
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