Definition of Gilled

1. Adjective. Provided with gills. "A gilled tadpole"

Exact synonyms: Branchiate
Antonyms: Abranchiate

Definition of Gilled

1. Adjective. Having gills ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gilled

1. gill [v] - See also: gill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilled

gill-over-the-ground
gill arch
gill arch skeleton
gill bailer
gill bar
gill cleft
gill clefts
gill cover
gill fungus
gill net
gill raker
gill slit
gill trama
gillaroo
gillaroos
gilled (current term)
giller
gillers
gillespite
gillet
gillets
gillhouse
gillhouses
gilli-flower
gilli-flowers
gillian
gillie
gillie gilly
gillied
gillies

Literary usage of Gilled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1882)
"If the history of the four-gilled cuttle-fishes is thus plainly told as having its beginnings in the Palaeozoic period, its maximum development in the ..."

2. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"... OR TWO-gilled CEPHALOPODS. THIS Order comprises Cephalopods which have two branchiae, an ink-gland, and, with few exceptions, a rudimentary internal ..."

3. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1897)
"Modification or Metamorphosis of Frogs.—Different Stages in Amphibian Metamorphosis.—The gilled Batrachians (Proteus and ..."

4. A Manual of Experiments in Elementary Science by Francis Day Curtis (1918)
"Where are the reproducing cells, ie the spores, of the gilled mushroom located? 2. ... Are all mushrooms, aside from the puffball, gilled? 6. ..."

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