How to pronounce“gill”in English
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Definitions of “gill”
A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
“Fishes […] perform their respiration under water by the gills.”
A gill slit or gill cover.
“Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.”
To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
“As we had fish home in the icebox, when Bill led the fish up alongside, I leaned over the combing, gilled the fish with my fingers, slid out the hook and let go. The bass lay there for a moment, tired from the arch of the rod and the pull of the line.”
To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
“Owing to the peculiar shape of the pompano and the relatively large mesh in the pompano gill nets, the fish are not caught by being actually gilled.”