Gills

Examples

• A fish is a vertebrated animal that breathes by gills and can live only in water. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for the purpose of moistening its gills. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His gills looks rum; don't they? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• His gills'll look rummer when he wakes; won't they? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was thought at first the creature was a whale, but later it was classified as a fish, for it breathed through gills of which there were five in number. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The young tadpole has branching external gills that wave in the water; then a gill cover grows back over them and forms a gill chamber. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The gills of crustaceans, such as the crabs which run about in the air, are protected by the gill-cover extensions of the back shell or carapace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Passed it up through his gills into his mouth. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• During the rainy season these fish swim about and breathe by gills like any other fish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Inputed by Augustine