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gillless

adj
/ɡɪlˈlɛs/

Etymology

From gill + -less.

  1. derived from גיל — “joy”
  2. derived from gil
  3. derived from gil — “ravine, glen”
  4. suffixed as gillless — “gill + less”

Definitions

  1. Lacking gills.

    • Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe.
    • ...which closely resembles the golden chanterelle, except that it is white and slightly larger; the gillless chanterelle...
    • However, in Cloeon evidence from experiments with gilled and gillless nymphs suggests that the primary, perhaps sole, function of gill movement is to reduce...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA