BranchiaWordNet Explorer

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noun

respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

Words in this synset: gill
noun

any organ involved in the process of respiration

noun

comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks

noun

one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills

noun

occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians

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