Definitions for gills
gills

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1. gills

   A gill ( (listen)) is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist. The microscopic structure of a gill presents a large surface area to the external environment. Branchia (pl. branchiae) is the zoologists' name for gills (from Ancient Greek βράγχια). With the exception of some aquatic insects, the filaments and lamellae (folds) contain blood or coelomic fluid, from which gases are exchanged through the thin walls. The blood carries oxygen to other parts of the body. Carbon dioxide passes from the blood through the thin gill tissue into the water. Gills or gill-like organs, located in different parts of the body, are found in various groups of aquatic animals, including mollusks, crustaceans, insects, fish, and amphibians. Semiterrestrial marine animals such as crabs and mudskippers have gill chambers in which they store water, enabling them to use the dissolved oxygen when they are on land.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gills

   Small hackles for drying hemp.

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1. Gills

   respiratory structures which function in water; distinguished as true or blood gills where contained blood conveys the absorbed oxygen from the gill to the tissues, and as tracheal gills when this conveyance is by contained tracheae.

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1. GILLS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gills is ranked #14651 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gills surname appeared 2,031 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gills.
   
   54.8% or 1,114 total occurrences were White.
   39.3% or 799 total occurrences were Black.
   3.1% or 63 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 35 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

How to pronounce gills?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say gills in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gills in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gills in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of gills in a Sentence

1. Jeff Ludwin:

   If you're looking at a whole fish, the gills should be dark red, not dull brown, and the eyes should be clear and not cloudy.

2. Christopher Pyne:

   It affects the European carp by attacking their kidneys, their skin, their gills and stopping them breathing effectively.

3. Robert Atkinson:

   More and more the incremental growth will go offshore, just simply for the fact that these( domestic) places are packed to the gills.

4. Todd Kalinski:

   it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage

5. Olga Katic:

   If you get some mushrooms from the store and expose their gills — the feathery ribs on the underside of the mushroom cap — to sunlight, their vitamin D content shoots up, there are so many interesting compounds in them.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gills
2. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=gills
3. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=gills
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html