gill

English Thesaurus

1. respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	respiratory organ,
definition	:	any organ involved in the process of respiration (noun.body)

hyponym	:	ctenidium,
definition	:	comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ceras,
definition	:	one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	external gill,
definition	:	occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians (noun.animal)

2. any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	plant organ,
definition	:	a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus (noun.plant)

3. a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	united states liquid unit,
definition	:	a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System (noun.quantity)

part holonym	:	fluid ounce, fluidounce,
definition	:	a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	cup,
definition	:	a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces (noun.quantity)

4. a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit,
definition	:	a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet (noun.quantity)

part holonym	:	fluid ounce, fluidounce,
definition	:	a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches) (noun.quantity)

part meronym	:	pint,
definition	:	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters (noun.quantity)

5. respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water (noun.animal)

derivation	:	branchial,
definition	:	of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) (adj.pert)

derivation	:	branchial,
definition	:	of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) (adj.pert)