HyperDic: gill_cleft

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

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