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gilled

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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.

[Middle English gile, of Scandinavian origin.]

gilled adj.

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.

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

gill 3  (gl)
n. Chiefly British
1. A ravine.
2. A narrow stream.

[Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil.]

gill 4 also jill or Gill  (jl)
n.
A girl, often one's sweetheart.

[Middle English gille, from Gille, a woman's name.]
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Adj.1.gilled - provided with gills; "a gilled tadpole"


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