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   gill

   /ɡɪl/

   noun

   • 1. the paired respiratory organ of fish and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.
   • ▪ an organ in an invertebrate animal with a similar function to gills in fish and amphibians.
   • 2. the vertical plates arranged radially on the underside of mushrooms and many toadstools.
   • 3. the wattles or dewlap of a domestic fowl.

   verb

   • 1. gut or clean (a fish).
   • 2. catch (a fish) in a gill net.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gilled adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • G

     2

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

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