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sixgill

adj

Etymology

From six + gill.

  1. derived from גיל — “joy”
  2. derived from gil
  3. derived from gil — “ravine, glen”
  4. compounded as sixgill — “six + gill”

Definitions

  1. Having six pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.

  2. Ellipsis of sixgill shark (“Any deepwater shark in the genus Hexanchus”)

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