Canadian English Meaning of gill

Gills

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Definitions and Meaning of gill in English

Wordnet

gill (n)

a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters

a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces

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

respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

Webster

gill (n.)

An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

The flesh under or about the chin.

One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

A leech.

A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.

A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.

The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.

Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.

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Gills

a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters, a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces, any

chick,girl,girlfriend,lady,woman,flame,sweetheart,lover,Old lady,beloved

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