gills

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Beneath the body were plate-like respiratory structures that resemble the book gills seen in modern horseshoe crabs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

"Many fossils show soft parts including gills, guts, eyes and even nerves," he added.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 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

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

“How did you even know who would be on duty tonight? I had to pay through the gills to get that roster. You couldn’t have outbid me.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo