Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gill

4 senses of gill

Sense 1
gill -- (a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters)
       => British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit -- (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)

Sense 2
gill -- (a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces)
       => United States liquid unit -- (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)

Sense 3
gill, lamella -- (any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus)
       => plant organ -- (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Sense 4
gill, branchia -- (respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water)
       => respiratory organ -- (any organ involved in the process of respiration)