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What does gill mean?

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Noun
  1. (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
  2. (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover
  3. (mycology) one of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne
  4. (animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle
  5. (figuratively) the flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
  6. (spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments
Verb
  1. to remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it
  2. (transitive) to catch (a fish) in a gillnet
  3. (intransitive) to be or become entangled in a gillnet
Noun
  1. (Britain) rivulet
  2. (Britain) ravine
Noun
  1. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
Noun
  1. (Scotland) A leech.
Noun
  1. A female ferret.
  2. (obsolete) A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton.
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