Look up: gills

1. gills
   The breathing organs of fish, which are removed during processing since they decompose rapidly and may contaminate the fish.
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2. gills
   a set of movable flaps at the rear of a cowling to control the flow of cooling air Category: Transport
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3. gills
   gills, external respiratory organs of most aquatic animals. In fishes the gills are located in gill chambers at the rear of the mouth (pharynx). Water is taken in through the mouth, is forced through openings called gill slits, and then passes through the gill clefts, spaces between the ranks of del...
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4. Gills
   Gills are the respiratory organs of aquatic animals. They are specialized thin-walled regions of the body surface through which dissolved oxygen is taken into the blood and carbon dioxide released into the water. The gills of fish lie in gill slits on each side of the gullet. The gills of molluscs a...
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5. Gills
   Gills are a respiratory organ found in animals which obtain oxygen from water, such as crustaceans, molluscs, fish and amphibians.
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