gill

gill ¹  (gl)

n.

1. Zoology The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that breathe water to obtain oxygen, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged.

2.

a. The wattle of a bird. Often used in the plural.

b. gills Informal The area around the chin and neck.

3. Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.

v. gilled, gill·ing, gills

v.tr.

1. To catch (fish) in a gill net.

2. To gut or clean (fish).

v.intr.

To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish.

Idiom:

to the gills Informal

As full as possible; completely.

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[Middle English gile, of Scandinavian origin.]

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gilled adj.

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gill ²  (jl)

n. Abbr. gi or gi.

1. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to ¹/₄ of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters).

2. A unit of volume or capacity, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to ¹/₄ of a British Imperial pint (142 milliliters). See Table at measurement.

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[Middle English gille, from Old French, wine measure, from Late Latin gill, vessel for cooling liquids.]

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gill ³  (gl)

n. Chiefly British

1. A ravine.

2. A narrow stream.

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[Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil.]

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gill [jill]

Noun

a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint (0.14 litres) [Old French gille vat, tub]

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gill  (gl) 1. The organ that enables most aquatic animals to take dissolved oxygen from the water. It consists of a series of membranes that have many small blood vessels. Oxygen passes into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide passes out of it as water flows across the membranes. 2. One of the thin strips of tissue on the underside of the cap of many species of basidiomycete fungi. Gills produce the spore-bearing structures known as basidia.

gill Fish breathe by swallowing water, and passing it through gill slits on each side of their head. Blood-filled filaments on the gills extract oxygen from the water as it flows through.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gill - a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit - a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet fluid ounce, fluidounce - a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches) pint - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
	2.	gill - a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces United States liquid unit - a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System fluid ounce, fluidounce - a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches cup - a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
	3.	gill - any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus lamella plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
	4.	gill - respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water branchia ctenidium - comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks ceras - one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills external gill - occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians respiratory organ - any organ involved in the process of respiration

Translations

gill [dʒɪl] n (measure) → 0.25 pints > (BRIT = 0,148 litros; US = 0,118 litros.)

gill [dʒɪl] n (= measure) → = 0.25 pints (Brit = 0.148 l; US = 0.118 l)

gill [dʒɪl] n → Gill nt (BRIT = 15 cl, US = 12 cl)

gill [dʒɪl] n (measure) → = 0.25 pints (BRIT = 0.148 l; US = 0.118 l)

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gill

n gill [gil]

1 one of the openings on the side of a fish's head through which it breathes. kieuخَيْشومхрилеžábrygælledie Kiemeβράγχιοbranquia, agallalõpus(ed)آبششkidusouïes (pl.)זימיםगलफड़ाškrgakopoltyúinsangtálknbranchiaえら아가미žiaunosžaunainsangkieuwgjelleskrzeleguelrabranhiiжабраžiabraškrgaškrgegälเหงือกปลาsolungaç鰓зябраمچھلی کے گلپھڑےmang (cá)鳃, 腮

2 a leaf-like structure on the lower side of the top of a mushroom. lelleورقة الفِطرламелиlupenyskivedie Lamelleακτινωτό φύλλο της κάτω επιφάνειας μανιταριούlamelaseeneliistakتیغه قارچhelttalamelleנבגיםगले से (पशुओं) लटकने वाला मांसlistići donje strane gljivesugárlemezbagian bawah dari jamurblað eða riflamellaきのこのひだ균습lakšteliai(sēnes) lapiņalianglamelskiveblaszkalamelalamelăгимениальная пластинкаlupeň, riasapodgobjelistić ispod šešira pečurkeskiva, lamellหนอกmantar altı levhacıkları菌褶гіменіальний шарکھنبوں کی نچلی چھتری کے نیچے پتہ نما تہیںlá tia (ở mũ nấm)菌褶

gill cover

a fold of skin protecting the gills. kieudekselغلاف الخيشومкожа предпазваща хрилетеskřelegællelågder Kiemenschutzδέρμα που καλύπτει τα βράγχιαopérculolõpusekottدرپوش؛ لایه ای که روی آبشش ماهی را پوشانده استkiduskansioperculeכיסוי הזימיםमांस की परतpoklopac škrgakopoltyúfedőkulit insangtálknlokopercolo branchialeえらぶた아감딱지lakštelių šydasselaput liangkieuwdekselgjellelokkpokrywa skrzelowacobertura das guelrasoperculжаберная складкаžiabrové viečkoškržni lokpremazgällockเหนียงสัตว์solungaç kapağı鰓蓋зяброва кришкаمچھلی کے گلپھڑوں کو ڈھاکا رکھنے والی چپنیnắp mang颐下肉