gill
ਗਿੱਲ
definition
verb
Immediately after this, gut and gill all fish you wish to eat.
gut or clean (a fish).
catch (a fish) in a gill net.
noun
Some others, like the Siamese fighting fish, are capable of breathing air in addition to extracting oxygen from the water with their gills .
the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.
An agaric, such as the common field mushroom, has gills in the form of fine, radiating ‘plates’.
the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools.
example
Immediately after this, gut and 'gill' all fish you wish to eat.
Her cheese pudding has an ounce and a half of breadcrumbs, an ounce of cheese, one 'gill' of milk and half an egg.
Rustic enough that the notice over the bar still claimed to serve spirits in measures of 1/6 'gill' .
At school we had a free 'gill' of milk each morning break as part of the government's plan to build a nation of healthy young things.
A tot is a sixth, a fifth, a quarter or a third of a 'gill' of whisky.
It's lovely, you sort of follow a 'gill' that has alders like the River Cover, but almost different trees, small and gnarled and ancient looking.
Apparently squirting fresh water into the 'gills' gets them off.
Fish, for example, pump water across their 'gills' with their head muscles.
In fish, the branchial apparatus forms a system of 'gills' for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and the water.
A female ferret is called a 'jill' while a male is called a hob.
They depend on this to acquire dissolved nutrients from the surrounding water, in much the same way that animals use the large surface area of their 'gills' in order to obtain oxygen.
These fish do not have 'gills' or opercula (gill coverings) like most bony fishes.
Fish are subject to a variety of maladies, such as grubs or worms, which may be found in or on the skin, attached to 'gills' , or embedded in the flesh.
It takes several weeks after hatching to form and until then they are dependent on water absorbed through the 'gills' , the same as any other fish.
From the early 10th cent. there was considerable Norse settlement, from Ireland and the Isle of Man, leaving evidence in words like fell, 'ghyll' , tarn, and how.
When in the water, they breathe with their 'gills' as most fish do.
Some others, like the Siamese fighting fish, are capable of breathing air in addition to extracting oxygen from the water with their 'gills' .
In some forms the 'gills' were able to remain moist and so allow the animal to move about on land for short periods.
In fishes and some amphibians, the slits bear 'gills' and are used for gas exchange.
He squatted next to her and ran his fingers gently along the 'gills' of one of the large mushrooms.
The sets of weights were once the work tools of the county's pound police where they were used to measure the pounds, ounces, quarters and 'gills' of an untold number of items.
A man who failed to return home from a walk in the Helvellyn area spent the night under a bush in a 'ghyll' as 32 rescuers from three areas searched the entire range for him.
In addition to two eyes and a mouth, this animal has markings suggesting 'gills' .
Fish start to suffocate out of water and their 'gills' may collapse and bleed.
Otherwise they have to keep swimming to force oxygenated water past their 'gills' .
Look for the white cap, stout white stem which detaches easily from the cap, and the pink 'gills' , which turn brown as the mushroom matures.
Before they put fillet knives in front of American anglers, most of us gutted, 'gilled' and scaled all of our fish.
Cold, foamy water hushed over the rocks, and the 'gills' of the fishes that swam in it caressed the rocks.
In an attempt to sell it all, he would visit motor camps, his car towing a trailer loaded with iced, 'gilled' and gutted fish and him shouting, ‘fresh snapper for sale!’
Barracuda often pump their jaws in order to move water past their 'gills' .
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