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    GILL SLIT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passesplay

    Synonyms:

    branchial cleft; gill cleft; gill slit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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