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Meanings of gills in English

Russian
жабры
Portuguese
brânquias
Spanish
branquias
Catalan
brànquia
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Primary organ for the exchange of respiratory gases between blood and sea water.

жабры
Usage of gills in English
1
Swollen wrinkles on the sides and at the base between the gills.
Among the Mushrooms: A Guide For Beginners
2
The chirurgeon smiled as water began to seep from Tanner's new gills.
The Scar
3
This will press out the insides at the opening at the gills.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
4
His gills are gone and he draws in air through his throat.
Friends and Helpers
5
Tanner drooled them over himself and sluiced the water through his gills.
The Scar
6
The light enters in thin, level strips, gills, which cross the floor.
A Sport and a Pastime
7
Stanley in particular looks frail and a mite green around the gills.
The great lover
8
Fingers through the gills: What are you looking at, you scaly whoreson?
Wolf hall
9
Throw them into a hot saucepan and shake until the gills curl.
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs
10
Vishby touched his gills; they were flapping like bunting in the wind.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
11
The Eel became bloodshot about the gills, and, writhing, gasped for breath.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 / A Maga...
12
Has this quiz made you feel a bit green around the gills?
The Guardian
13
He studied the rippling gills and tried to guess at their purpose.
The Golem and the Jinni
14
The Adam Suite of the Shelbourne Hotel was packed to the gills.
The Irish Times
15
Mary thumbed the sanded gills, ran her fingers over the tiny scales.
The marrowbone marble company
16
Beard was white at the gills with rage an' Texas was soffocatin'.
The Border Legion
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