The meaning of Gill

noun

The paired respiratory organ of fish and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

Usage examples:

Some others, like the siamese fighting fish, are capable of breathing air in addition to extracting…

noun

The vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools.

Usage examples:

An agaric, such as the common field mushroom, has gills in the form of fine, radiating ‘plates’.

noun

The wattles or dewlap of a domestic fowl.

verb

Gut or clean (a fish).

Usage examples:

Immediately after this, gut and gill all fish you wish to eat.

verb

Catch (a fish) in a gill net.

noun

A unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint.

Usage examples:

The sets of weights were once the work tools of the county's pound police where they were used to m…

noun

A deep ravine, especially a wooded one.

Usage examples:

After sampling the cheese, walk to the neighbouring village of hardraw, which is old english for ‘s…

noun

A narrow mountain stream.

Usage examples:

It's lovely, you sort of follow a gill that has alders like the river cover, but almost different t…

noun

A female ferret.

Usage examples:

A female ferret is called a jill while a male is called a hob.

noun

A young woman.