HyperDic: gill_slit

English > 1 sense of the expression gill slit:
NOUNanimalgill slit, branchial cleft, gill cleftone of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
English > gill slit: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningOne of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes.
Synonymsbranchial cleft, gill cleft
Broaderstructure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structureA particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

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