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gilled

gilled

4.9
Having thin plates underneath, as in fish for breathing or mushrooms for making spores
  • adjective
  • /ɡɪld/
  • Specialized
translation icon : branquial
  • He can see the distorted silhouette of his gilled head in the whale's dark, wet eye.

Examples

  • As she studied the gilled creatures in the aquarium, she marveled at their ability to breathe underwater.

  • The gilled fish glided gracefully through the clear water.

  • Further, teachers may have even less experience with students who are both gilled and from diverse cultural or social backgrounds.

    Academic text (2005)

  • We are, we are officially gut gilled and scaled.

  • The scientist examined the gilled specimens to understand how they adapted to their aquatic environment.

Synonyms

branchiate
vsgilled
  • Specialized
9.9

Having gills like a fish that let an animal breathe under water

is the common adjective used in general English for the same trait

Antonyms

gill-less
  • Specialized
8.6

Not having the thin breathing parts on the sides of fish

Compounds

six-gilled shark
9.3

A large shark with six gill slits that lives in warm seas

How Gilled

gilled
  • Specialized
4.9
gill-less
  • Specialized
8.6

Surface Forms

gilled positive

Morphology

gilled = gill (transparent) = gill + ed

The adjective is a regular adjectival/past-participle formation from 'gill' meaning 'having gills', which a learner who knows 'gill' can readily infer.

Etymology

Gilled comes from the simple noun gill, the thin plates under a fish's head that help it breathe, plus the ending -ed, so it means 'having gills'.