Gill

Tamil Meaning

செவுள்

ஒரு திரவ முகத்தளவை

மீன் முதலியவற்றின் மூச்சு விடுவதற்கு என அமைந்துள்ள செதிள்

English Meaning

  1. Zoology The respiratory organ of most aquatic animals that breathe water to obtain oxygen, consisting of a filamentous structure of vascular membranes across which dissolved gases are exchanged.
  2. The wattle of a bird. Often used in the plural.
  3. Informal The area around the chin and neck.
  4. Botany One of the thin, platelike structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
  5. To catch (fish) in a gill net.
  6. To gut or clean (fish).
  7. To become entangled in a gill net. Used of fish.
  8. to the gills Informal As full as possible; completely.
  9. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 1/4 of a pint or four ounces (118 milliliters).
  10. A unit of volume or capacity, used in dry and liquid measure, equal to 1/4 of a British Imperial pint (142 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
  11. Chiefly British A ravine.
  12. Chiefly British A narrow stream.
  13. A girl, often one's sweetheart.