Meanings
noungill slit (plural gill slits)
plural gill slits
- An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
Similar
branchial cleftgill cleft
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish kidusrako
- kidusrakouncovered opening to gills
French fente branchiale
- fente branchialeuncovered opening to gills
German Kiemenspalte
- Kiemenspalteuncovered opening to gills
Vietnamese khe mang
- khe manguncovered opening to gills
Welsh agen tagell, agen y dagell
- agen tagelluncovered opening to gills
- agen y dagelluncovered opening to gills
Cite this entry
APA
gill slit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gill%20slit
MLA
“gill slit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gill%20slit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gill slit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gill%20slit.
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