gill
//ɡɪl//
Noun
gillSingular
gillsPlural
1
The respiratory organ of fish and other aquatic animals, used to extract oxygen from water.
Fish breathe through their gills.
2
The thin, radiating plates on the underside of a mushroom cap that bear spores.
You can identify many mushroom species by examining the color and spacing of their gills.
Noun
gillSingular
gillsPlural
1
A unit of liquid capacity equal to a quarter of a pint.
The old recipe called for two gills of cream.