gill
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Battling strong currents, Ralph Pace captured this image of a swell shark egg case, revealing a glowing embryo, complete with gill slits and a yolk sac.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
Instead of having gill covers like most other fish, moral eels breathe by opening and closing their mouths, appearing as if they’re gasping for breath.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
But by the time the video footage begins, the underdog octopus had already asserted its toughness, blocking off the eel’s eyes and stuffing arms into its mouth and out the gill hole.
From New York Times • May 17, 2024
Balearic shearwaters are long-lived but Critically Endangered mainly because of declines driven by fisheries by-catch, as they can get caught on baited longline hooks and gill nets.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
They all declared contemptuously that his stories about Sugarcandy Mountain were lies, and yet they allowed him to remain on the farm, not working, with an allowance ot a gill of beer a day.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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