noun
one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
• Syn: ↑gill slit, ↑branchial cleft
• Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑body structure
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/gil/.
See branchial cleft.
[1885-90]
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gill cleft,
one of the openings in the pharynx of a fish or amphibian that serve as channels for the passage of water to the exterior.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.