Gill (disambiguation) — Gill may refer to:in science: *Gill, a respiratory organ in aquatic organisms *Gill (mushroom), the papery structures under agaric mushroom caps *Gill (unit), a unit of volumein places: *Gill, Colorado, USA *Gill, Massachusetts, USA *Gill, North… … Wikipedia
Gill (clan) — Gill (Shahmukhi: گل, Gurmukhi: IAST|ਗਿਲ) , is a large Jat clan found in Pakistan, Afghanistan and among refugees who left Pakistan and now settled in North Western India. It is considered to be one of the largest Jat tribes in the 1881 British… … Wikipedia
gill — Ⅰ. gill [1] ► NOUN 1) the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians. 2) the vertical plates on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools. 3) (gills) the wattles or dewlap of a fowl. ► VERB ▪ gut or clean (a fish) … English terms dictionary
Gill — Gill, n. [Icel. gil.] A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gill — gill1 [gil] n. [ME gile, prob. < Anglo N < or akin to ON gjǫlnar, jaws, gills, older Dan ( fiske) gaeln, Swed gäl < IE base * ghelunā , jaw > Gr chelynē, lip, jaw] 1. the organ for breathing of most animals that live in water, as fish … English World dictionary
gill — gill1 gill less, adj. gill like, adj. /gil/, n. 1. the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water. 2. Also called lamella. one of the radiating vertical plates on the underside of the cap of an agaric… … Universalium
Stream catfish — Taxobox name = Stream catfishes regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Siluriformes superfamilia = Sisoroidea familia = Akysidae familia authority = Gill, 1861 subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Subfamily… … Wikipedia
Stream — For other uses, see Stream (disambiguation). Rivulet redirects here. For the moth, see Rivulet (moth). Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria, Australia. A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on i … Wikipedia
gill — Synonyms and related words: Dulcinea, adolescent stream, arroyo, beck, bellows, best girl, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, bourn, braided stream, branch, brook, brooklet, burn, channel, creek, crick, ctenidia, dale, dell, dingle, dream girl,… … Moby Thesaurus
gill — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gille, from Medieval Latin gillus, from Late Latin gillo, gello water pot Date: 14th century see weight table II. noun Etymology: Middle English gile, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish gäl gill, Old Norse… … New Collegiate Dictionary
