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A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.

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  1. n. A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
  2. n. respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
  3. A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
  4. A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained inwater, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
  5. n respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water