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GILL CLEFT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does gill cleft mean?

• GILL CLEFT (noun)
The noun GILL CLEFT has 1 sense:

1. one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes

Familiarity information: GILL CLEFT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GILL CLEFT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

branchial cleft; gill cleft; gill slit

Hypernyms ("gill cleft" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)

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