gill
A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animalsA breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
» Dolphins don't have gills.
Delfine haben keine Kiemen.
У дельфинов нет жабр.
Дельфіни не мають зябрів.
Meaning
16 sensesA breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
Kieme
жа́брыžábry
зя́браzjábra, жа́бриžábry
respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
A gill slit or gill cover.
Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.
Kiemendeckel, Kiemenspalte
One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
Lamelle
гимениа́льная пласти́нкаgimeniálʹnaja plastínka
any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
(figuratively)The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
Any of several units of volume, most of which are a quarter of a pint or near to that amount.
A drink measure for spirits and wine, a quarter of an imperial pint or near to that amount, but varying regionally.
(US, dated)A unit of measure equal to 4 US fluid ounces (half a cup, a quarter of a US pint), approximately 118 milliliters.
a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
(UK)A rivulet, small stream.
(UK)A ravine.
A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
(UK, archaic)A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.
Examples
11 sentencesDolphins don't have gills.
Дельфіни не мають зябрів.
ruУ дельфинов нет жабр.
deDelfine haben keine Kiemen.
Neither whales nor dolphins have gills.
ruНи у китов, ни у дельфинов нет жабр.
She looked green around the gills.
My, you're looking green around the gills.
deMeine Güte, du bist aber blass um die Nase!
You look a little green around the gills.
ruТы выглядишь немного больным.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle,From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunō (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek χελύνη (khelúnē, “lip, jaw”), χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).
From Middle English gille, from Old French gille (“a wine measure”), from Medieval Latin gillo (“earthenware jar”).
From Middle English gille, from Old Norse gil.
Clipping of gillian, from the female name Gillian.
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