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Gill slit Moderate

Gill slit has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes

2

An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.

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