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Meaning of gill

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  gill
      n 1: a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5
           fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters
      2: a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces
      3: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on
         the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
         [syn: {gill}, {lamella}]
      4: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen
         dissolved in water [syn: {gill}, {branchia}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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