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  1. noun
    any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

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  2. noun
    respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

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  3. noun
    a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
  4. noun
    a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
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Definition that contains gill
  • fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
  • ray cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
  • siren eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
  • pint a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
  • lug marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
  • sunfish small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
  • operculum a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
  • gilled provided with gills
  • olm European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
  • agaricus type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
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