"gill slit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gill slits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gill slit (plural gill slits)
  1. (anatomy, zoology) An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks. Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Fish Translations (uncovered opening to gills): faout brenkel [masculine] (Breton), kidusrako (Finnish), fente branchiale [feminine] (French), Kiemenspalte [feminine] (German), khe mang (Vietnamese), agen tagell [feminine] (Welsh), agen y dagell [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-gill_slit-en-noun-noJRqAsf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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