I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
look green about/around the gills (= look pale and ill )
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As well as having gills, Lungfish have primitive lungs with which they can obtain oxygen from the air.
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Dab with bacterial ulcers and yellow swollen gills were found in hauls across the region.
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Sediment also clogs the gills of fishes.
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See their gills distend with the movement and the flurry of pectoral fins that give the subtle shunting manoeuvre.
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The bichir, in fact, not only has gills like any other fish, but a lung as well.
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The first hundred yards' walking up the gill leads you into the rocky vault of Lower Ease Gill Kirk.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As well as having gills, Lungfish have primitive lungs with which they can obtain oxygen from the air.
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Dab with bacterial ulcers and yellow swollen gills were found in hauls across the region.
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Sediment also clogs the gills of fishes.
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See their gills distend with the movement and the flurry of pectoral fins that give the subtle shunting manoeuvre.
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Smith showed that water was forcibly ejected from the mouth when the gill covers were squeezed suddenly.
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The first hundred yards' walking up the gill leads you into the rocky vault of Lower Ease Gill Kirk.