Gills

//ɡɪlz//

Synonyms for "gills" (7 found)

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Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My, you're looking green around the gills.

Source: tatoeba (35836)

Incidentally, that the gills of fish are bright red is because there are many 'capillary vessels' collected there, the same as for lungs.

Source: tatoeba (328957)

I ate until I couldn't eat any more. I was stuffed to the gills.

Source: tatoeba (2064518)

You look a little green around the gills.

Source: tatoeba (3170514)

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