"gell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gell (plural gells)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of girl. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: girl
    Sense id: en-gell-en-noun-eY9QXwqR Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 1 16 17 1 1 12 18 1 1 1 0 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: gells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gell (plural gells)
  1. Alternative form of gill (“a leech”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gill (extra: a leech)
    Sense id: en-gell-en-noun-iOr65tsx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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