Artificial gills

Artificial gills

The term artificial gills can mean:-
*Imitation gills put into stuffed fish for the sake of appearance. See taxidermy.
*An inaccurate term for liquid breathing breathing sets.
*Artificial gills extracting oxygen from water to supply a diver. See Artificial gills (human).


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