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noun (2)

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The Japanese eel coils its body to pull its head from the predator's gill. Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024 Thirteen were able to push their tails out of the gills, and nine successfully emerged from the fish. Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024 Punch it in the nose, punch it in the eyes, punch it in the gills, use your hand to pry the snout off your arm. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024 Beginning around 390 million years ago, however, the ancestors of modern land animals rose out of the waters, trading their fins for limbs and gills for lungs. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gill 

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