gill Synonyms
Another word for gill
• noun (Context 1)
The paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.
"A shark must keep swimming so that water continuously passes over its gills."
• noun (Context 2)
One of the vertical, radiating spore-bearing plates on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
"Mycologists carefully examine the color and attachment of the gills to help identify wild mushrooms."
• verb (Context 3)
To catch fish in a gill net, or to remove the gills and entrails from a caught fish.
"The fishermen spent the early morning hours gilling and cleaning the day's catch on the dock."
• noun (Context 4)
A deep, narrow, often wooded ravine or mountain stream, especially in northern England.
"The hikers followed the rocky path down into a steep, fern-lined ravine."