gill

Definitions

• (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
• (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover
• (mycology) one of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne
• (animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle
• (figuratively) the flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
• (spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments