gills
Example Sentences
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It’s also helpful to show the gills located underneath its cap, Diaz said.
From Los Angeles Times
But the managers of alternative assets have this gigantic market squarely in their sights—especially now that institutional investors are stuffed to the gills with private assets they’ve been struggling to unload.
For more than an hour, I lost myself in a flow state as I sought to replicate the slender mushroom’s fine gills and delicate but ragged skirt.
Fish emerge with a hole in the head and incisions near the gills before being placed in an ice slurry for blood drainage.
From Los Angeles Times
“They have gills that help them breathe underwater,” she explained, holding a microphone next to the tank, adding that the axolotl can change colors to hide.
From Los Angeles Times
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