Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 69 compound words that contain gill. The most common are listed below. Open gill in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- gill slitAn individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.
- Lough GillA lake in County Sligo, with a small part in County Leitrim, Ireland.
- Gill SansAn easy-to-read style of sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.
- Rowlands GillA village beside the River Derwent in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1658).
- book gillA gill found in horseshoe crabs consisting of membranous folds, resembling the leaves of a book.
- gill archbranchial arch
- gill coverAn operculum; a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills.
- gill netAlternative form of gillnet: A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.
- gill netsplural of gill net: A vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.
- gill archesplural of gill arch: branchial arch
- gill slitsplural of gill slit: An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.
- gill-over-the-groundground ivy
- gill rakerA bony, finger-like projection of the gill arch filaments of fish, used for food retention in some species.
- gill rakersplural of gill raker: A bony, finger-like projection of the gill arch filaments of fish, used for food retention in some species.
- Low GillAlternative form of Lowgill: A hamlet in Grayrigg parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD6297).
- gill-aleAle flavoured with ground ivy.
- gill coversplural of gill cover: An operculum; a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills.
- green gillA condition found in oysters whose gills have turned a green color as a result of the consumption of Haslea ostrearia.
- gill-alesplural of gill-ale: Ale flavoured with ground ivy.
- gill tramaThe internal flesh of a mushroom gill.
- gill-go-by-the-groundground ivy
- gill bailerA scaphognathite, of a decapod.
- gill bailersplural of gill bailer: A scaphognathite, of a decapod.
- gill tramasplural of gill trama: The internal flesh of a mushroom gill.
- bilateral gill tramaA type of gill trama that has a central strand of hyphae, from which other strands of hyphae diverge at slanted angles.
Compound words 69
- GillettA surname originating as a patronymic.
- gillnetA vertical net, often resting on the sea floor, which entangles fish in the netting, frequently by the gills.
- gillieA male attendant of a Scottish Highland chief.
- bluegillAny of the species Lepomis macrochirus of North American sunfish.
- GillerA surname.
- brittlegillA mushroom of the genus Russula.
- sixgillHaving six pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.
- sevengillHaving seven pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.
- pinkgillAny fungus of the genus Entoloma.
- rustgillAny of various fungi of the cosmopolitan genus Gymnopilus, family Hymenogastraceae.