gill

(gĭl)

1. Zoology The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that breathe water to obtain oxygen, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged.
2. a. The wattle of a bird. Often used in the plural.
   b. gills Informal The area around the chin and neck.
3. Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.

1. To catch (fish) in a gill net.
2. To gut or clean (fish).

Related Forms:

• gilled gilled adjective

(jĭl)

1. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to ¹/₄ of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters).
2. A unit of volume or capacity, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to ¹/₄ of a British Imperial pint (142 milliliters). See Table at measurement.

(gĭl)

1. A ravine.
2. A narrow stream.

also jill or Gill (jĭl)