gill
Example Sentences
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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
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
Their wiggling catch arrives alive, not smushed as in a purse seine, or ripped and bleeding from a gill net.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
They found the unusual head-shoulder joint bears similarities with the gill arches in earlier fish, suggesting it was these that were retained and incorporated into the formation of the shoulder at an early stage.
From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2023
I left the book in the sand, and Robin motioned for me to hold one of the gill sections.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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