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gill slits

gill slits is the plural of gill slit.

Meaning of gill slit

Noun

gill slit (plural gill slits)

  1. An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.

Questions about gill slits

What is gill slits the plural of?
Gill slits is the plural of gill slit.

Words near gill slits in the dictionary

  1. gill nets
  2. gill raker
  3. gill rakers
  4. Gill Sans
  5. gill slit
  6. gill slits
  7. gill trama
  8. gill tramas
  9. Gill's Green
  10. gill-ale
  11. gill-ales

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