gills

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In its juvenile stage, popular thought would have anticipated it to show tadpole-like features like external gills, explained Jason Pardo, a research associate at Chicago's Field Museum and the study's co-lead author.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Mycologists use dichotomous keys to identify the species of mushroom based on its physical characteristics including the cap, stem, ring and gills.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

Every week, I scroll through dozens of videos of influencers piling their carts high with secondhand clothes surely destined for closets stuffed to the gills.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then released back into the environment via the gills," explains Blanke.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

Some of those babies in the jars that Buddy Willard showed me had gills, he said.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath