Gill
noun
The organs on the sides of fish that help them breathe in water.
The fish gulped water through its gills.
Often appears as...
- gulping through gills
- fish with gills
noun
A measure of liquid equal to a quarter of a pint in the UK or half a cup in the US.
He poured a gill of brandy into the glass.
Often appears as...
- pour a gill
- gill of brandy
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Technical
noun
The vertical plates under the cap of some mushrooms and toadstools.
The gills of a mushroom dispense its spores.
Often appears as...
- mushroom gills
- toadstool gills
noun
A narrow part in the focus of material in a metal casting mold.
Gills are the result of design problems.
Often appears as...
- gills in casting
- design of gills
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Technical
noun
A ravine or a narrow valley.
The hikers followed the path down the gill.
Often appears as...
- down the gill
- narrow gill
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Regional
noun
The organs on the sides of fish that help them breathe in water.
The fish gulped water through its gills.
Often appears as...
- gulping through gills
- fish with gills
noun
A measure of liquid equal to a quarter of a pint in the UK or half a cup in the US.
He poured a gill of brandy into the glass.
Often appears as...
- pour a gill
- gill of brandy
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The vertical plates under the cap of some mushrooms and toadstools.
The gills of a mushroom dispense its spores.
Often appears as...
- mushroom gills
- toadstool gills
noun
A narrow part in the focus of material in a metal casting mold.
Gills are the result of design problems.
Often appears as...
- gills in casting
- design of gills
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A ravine or a narrow valley.
The hikers followed the path down the gill.
Often appears as...
- down the gill
- narrow gill
Usage tips
Regional
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Pro Tip 1/2Aquatic Breathing
Remember 'gill' refers to fish breathing like humans use lungs.
The shark's gills moved rapidly as it swam.
Pro Tip 2/2Visible Feature
'Gill' is physical and often seen as slits on a fish's side.
Each gill slit on the mackerel helps its respiratory process.
Pro Tip 1/2Aquatic Breathing
Remember 'gill' refers to fish breathing like humans use lungs.
The shark's gills moved rapidly as it swam.
Pro Tip 2/2Visible Feature
'Gill' is physical and often seen as slits on a fish's side.
Each gill slit on the mackerel helps its respiratory process.
Pro Tip 1/2Aquatic Breathing
Remember 'gill' refers to fish breathing like humans use lungs.
The shark's gills moved rapidly as it swam.
Pro Tip 2/2Visible Feature
'Gill' is physical and often seen as slits on a fish's side.
Each gill slit on the mackerel helps its respiratory process.
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Why are sharks so...
Here, venous blood warmed up by the shark's working muscles passes right next to arteries carrying cold, oxygen-rich blood from the gills. This arrangement transfers heat to the blood that gets cycled back to the body's vital organs. Warmer muscles enable faster, more powerful swimming, while warmer bellies aid digestion,
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Can Penguins Fly? PIPE...
That's a really good question, because penguins do spend a lot of their time swimming and diving. That's how they catch fish to eat. But they don't breathe underwater. They don't have gills like a fish does. What they do is they'll take a really deep breath before they dive, so they'll hold their breath
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The secret lives of baby...
and millions of baby larvae hatch into the world. When they first emerge, the larvae are tiny and vulnerable. Some don't even have gills yet and must absorb oxygen directly from the water through their tissue-thin skin. They may float in the water column anywhere from minutes to months,
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No one can figure out...
Eels were said to hatch on rooftops, manifest from the gills of other fish, and even emerge from the bodies of beetles. But the true story of eel reproduction is even more difficult to imagine. And to solve this slippery mystery, scholars would have to rethink centuries of research.
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Are we born to run? PIPE...
When you have two outliers in one organism, it's not a coincidence. When you have someone who is more competitive and more compassionate than anybody else in the race, again, it's not a coincidence. You show me a creature with webbed feet and gills; somehow water's involved.
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
An inhalation that could move water over gills followed by a rapid closure of the glottis preventing water from entering the lungs. That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup
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"Prehistoric" Shark Seen...
hundreds of millions of years ago it's interesting to researchers because of its night vision and ability to overcome both crushing depths and freezing and deep dark waters the six gills reach up to 13 feet in length and this is just
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Meet the bluefin tuna,...
no bigger than a human eyelash. Within its first year of life, It develops something known as regional endothermy— the ability to regulate its body temperature. An Atlantic bluefin gets oxygen from cold ocean water using its gills.
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A Collection Of Autumn...
what does it take for lily to get airborne to find out lloyd and rose have enlisted the help of bird expert professor graham martin and high-speed cameraman mark payne gill
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5 Animals You Didn't...
external gills help it to breathe in water that is particularly though in oxygen
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Why are sharks so...
Here, venous blood warmed up by the shark's working muscles passes right next to arteries carrying cold, oxygen-rich blood from the gills. This arrangement transfers heat to the blood that gets cycled back to the body's vital organs. Warmer muscles enable faster, more powerful swimming, while warmer bellies aid digestion,
Video examples
Can Penguins Fly? PIPE...
That's a really good question, because penguins do spend a lot of their time swimming and diving. That's how they catch fish to eat. But they don't breathe underwater. They don't have gills like a fish does. What they do is they'll take a really deep breath before they dive, so they'll hold their breath
Video examples
The secret lives of baby...
and millions of baby larvae hatch into the world. When they first emerge, the larvae are tiny and vulnerable. Some don't even have gills yet and must absorb oxygen directly from the water through their tissue-thin skin. They may float in the water column anywhere from minutes to months,
Video examples
No one can figure out...
Eels were said to hatch on rooftops, manifest from the gills of other fish, and even emerge from the bodies of beetles. But the true story of eel reproduction is even more difficult to imagine. And to solve this slippery mystery, scholars would have to rethink centuries of research.
Video examples
Are we born to run? PIPE...
When you have two outliers in one organism, it's not a coincidence. When you have someone who is more competitive and more compassionate than anybody else in the race, again, it's not a coincidence. You show me a creature with webbed feet and gills; somehow water's involved.
Video examples
Why do we hiccup? - John...
An inhalation that could move water over gills followed by a rapid closure of the glottis preventing water from entering the lungs. That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup
Video examples
"Prehistoric" Shark Seen...
hundreds of millions of years ago it's interesting to researchers because of its night vision and ability to overcome both crushing depths and freezing and deep dark waters the six gills reach up to 13 feet in length and this is just
Video examples
Meet the bluefin tuna,...
no bigger than a human eyelash. Within its first year of life, It develops something known as regional endothermy— the ability to regulate its body temperature. An Atlantic bluefin gets oxygen from cold ocean water using its gills.
Video examples
A Collection Of Autumn...
what does it take for lily to get airborne to find out lloyd and rose have enlisted the help of bird expert professor graham martin and high-speed cameraman mark payne gill
Video examples
5 Animals You Didn't...
external gills help it to breathe in water that is particularly though in oxygen
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Adam Gopnik
American Writer
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.
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August Krogh
Danish Scientist
There can be little doubt that fishes swimming rapidly do not make respiratory movements at all, but obtain the necessary ventilation of the gills simply by opening the mouth.
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Paul Stamets
American Scientist
Lion's mane mushrooms are not your classic-looking cap-and-stem variety. These globular-shaped mushrooms sport cascading teeth-like spines rather than the more common gills.
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Yelawolf
American Musician
I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.
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Walter Lang
American Director
Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
Another way I like to barbecue king salmon is as a whole fish stuffed, literally to the gills, with sweet onions, sliced lemons, and summer sage.
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Nick Clegg
British Politician
Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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Ryan Stiles
American Actor
If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!
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Adam Gopnik
American Writer
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.
Quote examples
August Krogh
Danish Scientist
There can be little doubt that fishes swimming rapidly do not make respiratory movements at all, but obtain the necessary ventilation of the gills simply by opening the mouth.
Quote examples
Paul Stamets
American Scientist
Lion's mane mushrooms are not your classic-looking cap-and-stem variety. These globular-shaped mushrooms sport cascading teeth-like spines rather than the more common gills.
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Yelawolf
American Musician
I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.
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Walter Lang
American Director
Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
Another way I like to barbecue king salmon is as a whole fish stuffed, literally to the gills, with sweet onions, sliced lemons, and summer sage.
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Nick Clegg
British Politician
Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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Ryan Stiles
American Actor
If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!
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