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sevengill

sevengill adjective: having seven pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.

Adjective

sevengill (not comparable)

  1. Having seven pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.

Noun

sevengill (plural sevengills)

  1. A shark with seven pairs of gill slits (Notorynchus cepedianus).

Forms of sevengill

pluralsevengills

Origin of sevengill

From seven + gill.

Words formed from sevengill

Phrases with sevengill

Questions about sevengill

What does sevengill mean?
Sevengill means having seven pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.
What part of speech is sevengill?
Sevengill can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sevengill in the dictionary

  1. Sevener
  2. Seveners
  3. sevenfold
  4. sevenfolded
  5. sevenfoldness
  6. sevengill
  7. sevengills
  8. Sevenhampton
  9. sevening out
  10. sevenish
  11. sevenk

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