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GILL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

Synonyms:

branchia; gill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gill" is a kind of...):

respiratory organ (any organ involved in the process of respiration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gill"):

ctenidium (comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks)

ceras (one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills)

external gill (occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

gill; lamella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gill" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("gill" is a kind of...):

United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Meronyms (parts of "gill"):

fluid ounce; fluidounce (a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches)

Holonyms ("gill" is a part of...):

cup (a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("gill" is a kind of...):

British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)

Meronyms (parts of "gill"):

fluid ounce; fluidounce (a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches))

Holonyms ("gill" is a part of...):

pint (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters)

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