gill slit

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Noun[edit]

gill slit (plural gill slits)

(anatomy, zoology) An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.

Translations[edit]

uncovered opening to gills

Breton: faout brenkel m
Finnish: kidusrako
French: fente branchiale (fr) f
German: Kiemenspalte f
Vietnamese: khe mang
Welsh: agen tagell f, agen y dagell f

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