gills
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More active modern species require more oxygen under normal conditions, but they also possess the muscles and gills needed to handle rising oxygen demands during warming.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
On the underside of its cap are white gills and spores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
He did, however, look a little green around the gills, probably from the garlic.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
