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Respiratory organ in aquatic animals
A gill (/ɡɪl/ ) is a specialized respiratory organ that many aquatic animals use for aquatic gas exchange, i.e. to extract dissolved oxygen from water
Gill
American politician (born 1994)
Brandon Gene Gill (born February 26, 1994) is an American politician, media proprietor, and former investment banker serving as the U.S. representative
Brandon_Gill
Indian cricketer (born 1999)
Shubman Gill (born 8 September 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the India national team. Gill captains India in Tests and ODIs
Shubman_Gill
American musician (born 1957)
Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass bands in the 1970s,
Vince_Gill
British writer and critic (1954–2016)
Adrian Anthony Gill (28 June 1954 – 10 December 2016) was a Scottish writer, best known for writing about food and travel, and for his work in television
A._A._Gill
Welsh musician (born 1990)
Ren Eryn Gill (born 29 March 1990), known professionally as Ren, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, actor, and director. Ren has been a member
Ren_Gill
Indian actress, model, and singer (born 1994)
Shehnaaz Kaur Gill (born 27 January 1994) is an Indian actress, model and singer who works in television and films. She began her modelling career with
Shehnaaz_Gill
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Gill, branchiae, gill, gilled, or gills in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A gill is an aquatic respiratory organ. Gill or Gills may also refer
Gill_(disambiguation)
English artist (1882–1940)
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the Oxford
Eric_Gill
Humanist sans-serif typeface
Gill Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill and released by the British branch of Monotype in 1928. It is based on Edward Johnston's
Gill_Sans
Ravine or narrow valley in the North of England and other parts of the United Kingdom
Troller's Gill and Trow Ghyll. As a related usage, Gaping Gill is the name of a cave, not the associated stream, and Cowgill, Masongill and Halton Gill are
Gill_(ravine)
British politician (born 1972)
Preet Kaur Gill (born 21 November 1972) is a British Labour Co-op politician and former social worker who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham
Preet_Kaur_Gill
American financial analyst and investor (born 1986)
Keith Patrick Gill (born June 8, 1986) is an American financial marketer, educator, and individual investor known for his posts on the subreddits r/wallstreetbets
Keith_Gill
Indian actress
Priya Gill is an Indian former actress and beauty pageant titleholder who primarily appeared in Hindi films. She won the title of Femina Miss India International
Priya_Gill
Fictional character
The Gill-man, commonly called The Creature from The Black Lagoon, or simply The Creature, is the movie monster of the 1954 black-and-white film Creature
Gill-man
British former politician (born 1973)
Nathan Lee Gill (born 6 July 1973) is a British former politician and convicted criminal who served as the Leader of Reform UK Wales from March to May
Nathan_Gill
Indian actress (born 1975)
Rimpy Kaur Gill, known professionally as Mahie Gill (born 19 December 1975), is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi and Punjabi-language films
Mahie_Gill
Indian actor and singer
Amrinder Singh Gill (Punjabi pronunciation: [əmːˈɾɪndər sɪŋgh ɡɪl]; born 11 May 1976) is an Indian actor, singer, songwriter and film producer who makes
Amrinder_Gill
American R&B singer (born 1966)
Johnny Gill Jr. (born May 22, 1966) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the sixth and final member of the R&B/pop group New Edition and was also
Johnny_Gill
Singaporean whistleblower
Pav Gill is a Singaporean lawyer who was the whistleblower that uncovered the Wirecard scandal, one of the largest corporate frauds in history. Gill was
Pav_Gill
Organ that allows fish to breathe underwater
Fish gills are organs that allow fish to breathe underwater. Most fish exchange gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide using gills on both sides of the
Fish_gill
Indian singer, actor and composer (born 1988)
Jasdeep Singh Gill (born 26 November 1988) is an Indian singer, live performer and actor associated with Punjabi and Hindi language music and films. He
Jassie_Gill
British computer scientist (1926–1975)
Stanley Gill (26 March 1926 – 5 April 1975) was a British computer scientist credited, along with Maurice Wilkes and David Wheeler, with the invention
Stanley_Gill
American talk radio host
Steve Gill (born November 15, 1956) is an American conservative talk radio host based and political commentator based in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the
Steve_Gill
Topics referred to by the same term
Edward Gill or Ed Gill may refer to: Edward K. Gill (1917–1985), American politician Edward Anthony Wharton Gill (1859–1944), English Canadian author
Edward_Gill
British guitarist and record producer (1956–2020)
Andrew James Dalrymple Gill (1 January 1956 – 1 February 2020) was an English musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the rock band
Andy_Gill
Indian stand-up comedian, actor and YouTuber
Kanan Singh Gill is an Indian comedian, actor, author and YouTuber. He won the Punch Line Bangalore Competition. He is known for the YouTube series Pretentious
Kanan_Gill
English drummer
Peter Gill (born 9 June 1951) is an English former heavy metal drummer, formerly a member of the Glitter Band, Saxon and Motörhead. Gill was one of the
Pete_Gill
Singaporean artist
Simryn Gill (born 1959) is a Singapore-born artist who specializes in sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, writing, and publishing. Throughout
Simryn_Gill
English actress (born 1988)
Mandip Gill (born 5 January 1988) is an English actress and narrator. Her first television role came in 2012 when she was cast as Phoebe McQueen in the
Mandip_Gill
Indian actress and model (born 1997)
Roopinder Kaur Gill, better known as Roopi Gill, is an Indian model and actress who mostly works in Punjabi cinema. She rose to fame with her performance
Roopi_Gill
English television personality and author (born 1997)
Amber Rose Gill (born 4 August 1997) is an English television personality and author. In 2019, she won the fifth series of Love Island. She has since presented
Amber_Gill
Bony or cartilaginous processes that project from the branchial arch
Gill rakers in fish are bony or cartilaginous processes that project from the branchial arch (gill arch) and are involved with suspension feeding tiny
Gill_raker
Surname or given name
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gill (surname). Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources. In Europe, various
Gill_(name)
Medical condition in fish
Gill hyperplasia is a medical condition consisting of the inflammation, hyperplasia, or hypertrophy of gill tissue, caused by disease, poor water quality
Gill_hyperplasia
Indian film actor (born 1950)
Avtar Gill (born 14 May 1950) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi and Punjabi language 13 films and television serials. He has done many
Avtar_Gill
American actor
Michel Gill (born April 16, 1960), also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series
Michel_Gill
American model, actress and beauty pageant title holder
Monica Gill is an American model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss India Worldwide 2014 on 21 June 2014. She is also Miss India
Monica_Gill
English actor
Leigh Gill is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Bobono in Game of Thrones (2016) and as Gary Puddles in Joker (2019) and its sequel Joker:
Leigh_Gill
Unincorporated community in Texas, US
Gill is a rural unincorporated community in south central Harrison County, Texas, United States. The community is six miles south of the county seat, Marshall
Gill,_Texas
Pakistani actress
Yashma Gill (Urdu: یشما گل) is a Pakistani film and television actress. She is known for her lead roles in several television productions including Kab
Yashma_Gill
American tech entrepreneur (born 1953)
Tim Gill (born October 18, 1953) is an American computer software programmer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and LGBTQ rights activist. He was among the
Tim_Gill
Hindi comedy movie
Badtameez Gill is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Navjot Gulati. Produced under Saga Films, it stars Vaani Kapoor, Aparshakti
Badtameez_Gill
British fashion model (born 1995)
Neelam Kaur Gill (born 27 April 1995) is a British fashion model and activist. She has worked with Burberry, Abercrombie & Fitch and appeared in Vogue
Neelam_Gill
Nature reserve in North Yorkshire, England
Ling Gill is a gill (or narrow valley) in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. Cam Beck, a tributary of the River Ribble, flows through the
Ling_Gill
Public university in Montreal, Canada
McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter
McGill_University
British pastry chef
Ravneet Gill (born April 1991) is a British pastry chef, author of The Pastry Chef's Guide, activist and television presenter. Gill is from London and
Ravneet_Gill
Topics referred to by the same term
John Gill may refer to: John Gill (cricketer) (1854–1888), New Zealand cricketer John Gill (coach) (1898–1997), American football coach John Gill (footballer
John_Gill
Canadian politician
Amanpreet Singh Gill MP is a Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Calgary Skyview. He succeeded
Amanpreet_Gill
Indo-Canadian rapper-singer (born 1996)
Gurinderbir Singh Gill (born 14 September 1996) is an Indian-born Canadian rapper-singer associated with Punjabi music. His numerous tracks including "Majhail"
Gurinder_Gill
Topics referred to by the same term
Michael Gill may refer to: Michael Gill (producer) (1923–2005), English television producer and director Michael Gill (cricketer) (1957–2024), New Zealand
Michael_Gill
Hypothetical devices to extract oxygen from water
Artificial gills are hypothetical devices to allow a human to be able to take in oxygen from surrounding water. This is speculative technology that has
Artificial_gills_(human)
American basketball player (born 1968)
Kendall Cedric Gill (born May 25, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who now works as a television basketball analyst. Throughout
Kendall_Gill
Topics referred to by the same term
Robin Gill may refer to: Robin Gill (journalist) (born 1978), Canadian journalist Robin Gill (priest) (born 1944), British Anglican priest, theologian
Robin_Gill
Indian film actor and model
Devinder Singh Gill is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Telugu, Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada and Tamil films. Gill made his debut with film
Dev_Gill
American football player (born 2002)
Skyler Gill-Howard (born October 13, 2002) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League
Skyler_Gill-Howard
British singer
Jonathan Benjamin Gill (born 7 December 1986), also known professionally as JB Gill, is a British singer, dancer, television presenter and farmer. He
JB_Gill
English footballer (born 1987)
Jamie Richard Vardy (né Gill; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Serie B club Cremonese
Jamie_Vardy
Canadian writer
Rupinder Gill is a Canadian writer. She is a former television publicist for Alliance Atlantis and BBC Canada. Her first book, On the Outside Looking Indian
Rupinder_Gill
British trade unionist and activist
Ken Gill (30 August 1927 – 23 May 2009) was a British trade union leader. He was the General Secretary of the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory
Ken_Gill
Pakistani singer (born 1998)
Anushae Babar Gill (Punjabi pronunciation: [ənuːˈʃeː baːˈbəɾ ɡɪl]; born 2 September 1998), professionally known as Shae Gill (Punjabi: [ʃeː ɡɪl]), is a
Shae_Gill
Paraguayan footballer (born 2000)
Orlando Daniel Gill Noldin (born 11 June 2000) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Argentine Primera División club
Orlando_Gill
American singer-songwriter, musician (born 1960)
Chapman; after their divorce in 1999, she married country music singer Vince Gill in 2000. Grant made her debut as a teenager, gaining fame in Christian music
Amy_Grant
Indian film actor
Kulwinder Singh Gill (born 14 January 1960), better known as Guggu Gill, is an Indian film actor who mainly works in Punjabi cinema. He is one of the
Gugu_Gill
Individual opening to a gill
Gill slits are individual openings to gills, i.e., multiple gill arches, which lack a single outer cover. Such gills are characteristic of cartilaginous
Gill_slit
Fungal fruiting body
lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. It is a type of mushroom (or toadstool), the diverse group of agarics being lumped together as gilled mushrooms
Agaric
American basketball player (born 1992)
Anthony Remeral Gill (born October 17, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association
Anthony_Gill_(basketball)
Indian spiritual leader
Jasdeep Singh Gill (born 15 March 1979), also known as Hazur, is an Indian spiritual leader and a former pharmaceutical executive. On 2 September 2024
Jasdeep_Singh_Gill_(patron)
Margaret "Meg" Gill (born February 21, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and brewing executive. She co-founded Golden Road Brewing which became the largest
Meg_Gill
Canadian actress
Thea Louise Gill (/ˈteɪ.ə/; born April 5, 1970) is a Canadian actress best known for her starring role as Lindsay Peterson in the Showtime television series
Thea_Gill
Indian mining engineer
Jaswant Singh Gill (22 November 1939 – 26 November 2019) was an Indian engineer at Coal India known for his efforts in rescuing 65 coal miners trapped
Jaswant_Singh_Gill
Hugh Stowell Gill was an Anglican priest, the Archdeacon of Man from 1895 until his death on 13 May 1912. Gill was born in Castletown, Isle of Man on
Hugh_Gill
American football coach and former player (born 1962)
Turner Hillery Gill (born August 13, 1962) is an American college athletic administrator and former football player and coach. He is the Executive Director
Turner_Gill
Canadian fiction and non-fiction writer
Charlotte Gill is a Canadian fiction and non-fiction writer. Gill holds a BA from the University of Toronto and an MFA from the University of British
Charlotte_Gill
Indian playback singer (born 1991)
Aastha Gill (born 24 June 1991) is an Indian singer and songwriter known for her work in Bollywood and Punjabi pop music. She gained popularity for her
Aastha_Gill
Gill Clarke (1954–2011) was a British contemporary dancer, dance teacher, choreographer, movement consultant and researcher. An advocate for independent
Gill_Clarke
Reconstruction-era educator
Nelson Green Gill was a state legislator and school organizer in Mississippi. He organized a school for African American students in Holly Springs, Mississippi
Nelson_Gill
British politician
Neena Gill, Baroness Gill CBE (born 24 December 1956) is a British Labour Party politician. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for
Neena_Gill
Punjabi singer
Nachhatar Gill (born Nachhatar Singh Gill) is an Indian musician and singer-songwriter associated with Punjabi music. Lagda Ishq Ho Gaya 2 – Song: Maa
Nachhatar_Gill
English children's television producer
Rosemary Ffolkes Gill (7 December 1930 – 22 February 2011) was an English children's television producer connected with Blue Peter, Multi-Coloured Swap
Rosemary_Gill
Topics referred to by the same term
Richard Gill may refer to: Richard Gill (plant collector) (c. 1901–1958), known for work on traditional curare preparation methods Richard T. Gill (1927–2010)
Richard_Gill
Poet and writer
Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator based in south England. She has written and curated eight volumes of poetry and
Nikita_Gill
English athlete
Phoebe Gill (born 27 April 2007) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a middle-distance runner. In 2023, she became the British under-17
Phoebe_Gill
English pop band
Rutherford (backing vocals), Mark O'Toole (bass), Brian Nash (guitar) and Peter Gill (drums). Johnson and Rutherford were among the first openly gay pop singers
Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood
Indian actor
Sartaj Gill (sometimes spelled Sarrtaj Gill) is an former Indian television actor best known for portraying Priyom Thakur In Begusarai. Gill started off
Sartaj_Gill
American biologist
Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist, and librarian. Gill was born in New
Theodore_Gill
English nursery rhyme
"Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies
Jack_and_Jill
Irish book publisher
Gill is an independent publisher and distributor based in Dublin, Ireland. In 1856, Michael Henry Gill, printer for Dublin University, purchased the publishing
Gill_(publisher)
Unit of volume with different values
called a gill, particularly for beer and milk. In Scotland, there were additional sizes: big gill = 1+1⁄2 gills (213.1 mL) wee gill = 3⁄4 gill (106.5 mL)
Gill_(unit)
Pakistani politician
Muhammad Shahbaz Shabbir Gill (Urdu: محمد شہبازشبیرگل), commonly known as Shahbaz Gill (Urdu: شہباز گل), is a Pakistani-American academic, lecturer, politician
Shahbaz_Gill
Indian-American economist
Indermit Gill is an Indian American economist who has worked on economic growth, poverty, institutions, conflict, and climate change. He is the World Bank
Indermit_Gill
American mayor
Kashmir "Kash" Gill (Punjabi: ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਗਿੱਲ) is the former mayor of Yuba City, California. Gill served two terms as mayor, from 2009 to 2010 and from 2013
Kashmir_Gill
Gills used by mushrooms as a means of spore dispersal
lamella (pl.: lamellae), or gill, is a papery hymenophore rib under the cap of some mushroom species, most often agarics. The gills are used by the mushrooms
Lamella_(mycology)
Indian genealogist (born c. 1935)
Gurcharan Singh Gill (born c. 1935) is a genealogist and mathematician who is claimed to be the first Sikh convert to Mormonism. He served as the first
Gurcharan_Singh_Gill
American ice hockey player (born 1975)
Harold Priestley Gill III (born April 6, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 NHL seasons with six different teams
Hal_Gill
Topics referred to by the same term
Peter Gill may refer to: Peter Gill (playwright) (born 1939), British playwright and former actor Peter Gill (VC) (1831–1868), Irish Victoria Cross recipient
Peter_Gill
The J.K. Gill Company, also known as J.K. Gill and Gill's, was an office supply company, based in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in books and school supplies
J._K._Gill_Company
Topics referred to by the same term
Andrew Gill may refer to: Andrew Gill (diver), British diver Andrew Gill (coach) (c. 1887–1947), head football and basketball coach at the University
Andrew_Gill
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Gill is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,551 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts
Gill,_Massachusetts
Scottish judge and legal academic
Brian Gill, Lord Gill, PC KSG FRSE FRSCM (born 25 February 1942) is a retired Scottish judge and legal academic. Lord Gill was Lord President and Lord
Brian_Gill,_Lord_Gill
GILL
GILL
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gill.Scottish and English : habitational name from Gills in the parish of Canisbay, Caithness.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Guiler.German : variant of Gille 2.German : habitational name for someone from Gill near Neuss, in the Rhineland.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish male personal name Hiller, a variant of Hillel. The initial G is due to Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters h to g in borrowed words.
Female
English
English variant spelling of Roman Latin Jillian, GILLIAN means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a feminine form of Gillett 1.French : variant spelling of Gillet.
Male
French
French name derived from Late Latin Ægidius, GILLES means "shield of goatskin."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a variant of the personal name Julian.English : habitational name from either of two places in North Yorkshire, Gilling East and Gilling West, named in Old English as ‘(settlement of) the people (Old English ingas) of a man called Ḡthia or Gētla’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gillett 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Dorset, Norfolk, and Kent, named Gillingham, ‘homestead (Old English hÄm) of the people of Gylla’, an unattested Old English personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the personal name Gillem, a variant of Guillaume, French form of William.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam, which is itself a variant of William.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the personal names Giles, Julian, or William (see Gill 1).English : topographic name for someone living at the top of a glen or ravine, from northern Middle English gil(l) ‘glen’ + heved ‘head’.
Surname or Lastname
English and northern Irish (county Down)
English and northern Irish (county Down) : probably a variant of Gillard.French and Swiss French : from a derivative of Gillier, from the Germanic personal name Giselher, composed of gīsil ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’, ‘noble offspring’ (see Giesel) + heri ‘army’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a personal name, Old French Guillemin, Anglo-Norman French Williman, pet forms of Guillaume, Willelm (see William).German (Gillmann) : variant of Gille 2.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Gil, GILL means "pledge-bright."
Male
English
Scottish Anglicized form of Gaelic Gilleasbaig, GILLESPIE means "bishop's servant."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gillett.French : from a pet form of the personal name Giles 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the personal names Giles, Julian, or William. In theory the name would have a soft initial when derived from the first two of these, and a hard one when from William or from the other possibilities discussed in 2–4 below. However, there has been much confusion over the centuries.Northern English : topographic name for someone who lived by a ravine or deep glen, Middle English gil(l), Old Norse gil ‘ravine’.Scottish and Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille (Scottish), Mac Giolla (Irish), patronymics from an occupational name for a servant or a short form of the various personal names formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint. See McGill. The Old Norse personal name Gilli is probably of this origin, and may lie behind some examples of the name in northern England.Scottish and Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac An Ghoill (see Gall 1).Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in western Norway named Gil, from Old Norse gil ‘ravine’.Dutch : cognate of Giles.Jewish (Israeli) : ornamental name from Hebrew gil ‘joy’.German : from a vernacular short form of the medieval personal name Aegidius (see Gilger).Indian (Panjab) : Sikh name, probably from Panjabi gil ‘moisture’, also meaning ‘prosperity’. There is a Jat tribe that bears this name; the Ramgarhia Sikhs also have a clan called Gill.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gillett 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gilliam.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gillings.
GILL
GILL
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Traditional
The Army of Gandharvas
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ghanendra | கநேஂதà¯à®°
Lord of clouds (Lord Indra)
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, English, Finnish, Jamaican, Swedish
Noble and Wise Friend; Female Version of Elvin; Elf Friend; Friends of the Elves; White; Blond
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Moon; Wonderful Lord
Boy/Male
Tamil
Gandivdhanav | காஂடீவதநவ
Another name of Arjun
Boy/Male
English Irish
Hill hollow.
Female
Hindi/Indian
(िकशोरी) Feminine form of Hindi Kishore, KISHORI means "colt."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Contentment
Boy/Male
Indian
Generosity, Prophets grandfather, Decisive
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Jefferey, probably JEFFERY means "God's peace."Â
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n.
A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
n.
A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.
n.
A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill.
n. pl.
A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.
n. pl.
An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.
n.
The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.
n.
The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.
n.
A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.
n. pl.
A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.
a.
Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks.
n. pl.
An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.
n.
The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.
a.
Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.
n.
Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.
n.
A shop where gill is sold.
n.
A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt.
n.
A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill.
a.
Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.
n.
One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvae. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.
n. pl.
An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.