gill slit
gill slit · gill slits
Kiemenspalte
An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculumAn individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.
Meaning
1 sensesAn individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.
Kiemenspalte
More definitions
- one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
Translations
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By meaning 1
uncovered opening to gills:
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