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GILL SLIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gill slit mean?
• GILL SLIT (noun)
The noun GILL SLIT has 1 sense:
1. one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
Familiarity information: GILL SLIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
branchial cleft; gill cleft; gill slit
Hypernyms ("gill slit" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
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