Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe.
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Gillless
//ɡɪlˈlɛs//
Synonyms for "gillless"
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Dutch
1 entries- kieuwenloos adj (lacking gills)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
...which closely resembles the golden chanterelle, except that it is white and slightly larger; the gillless chanterelle...
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However, in Cloeon evidence from experiments with gilled and gillless nymphs suggests that the primary, perhaps sole, function of gill movement is to reduce...
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...borne by four branchial arches, and the fifth arch is gillless...
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