Gillless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɪlˈlɛs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gillless is an adjective meaning Lacking gills.
Meaning
Lacking gills.
Example Sentences
...borne by four branchial arches, and the fifth arch is gillless.
Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe.
...which closely resembles the golden chanterelle, except that it is white and slightly larger; the gillless chanterelle.
However, in Cloeon evidence from experiments with gilled and gillless nymphs suggests that the primary, perhaps sole, function of gill movement is to reduce.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ungilled, lungless, finless, lipless, glandless, siphonless.
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