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GILL SLIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
Synonyms:
branchial cleft; gill cleft; gill slit
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gill slit" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
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