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gill cover [′gil kəv·ər]

(vertebrate zoology)

The fold of skin providing external protection for the gill apparatus of most fishes; it may be stiffened by bony plates and covered with scales.

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No references found			To breathe, most--but not all--fish pump water through their mouth, over their gills and out their gill cover, called the operculum. Fish breath by Gilmore, R. Grant / Florida Sportsman If you gently put your fingers inside a gill cover until you reach the gristly jaw bone where there are no teeth, the pike will open its mouth wide so you can take the hooks out with artery forceps. GET ON YOUR PIKE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) The main identification for the allis is five black spots down either flank and the twaite has two black smudges, one either side on the shoulders behind the gill covers. Angling: Kelp on the way in battle for cod; SEA ANGLING by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			Gilels, Emil Gilels, Emil Grigorevich Gilemdar Ramazanov Gilemdar Zigandarovich Ramazanov Giles Giles County Giles Fletcher Giles, St. Giles, William Branch Gilferding, Aleksandr Gilferding, Aleksandr Fedorovich Gilgal Gilgamesh Gilgamesh epic Gilgit gilia Giliarov, Merkurii Giliarov, Merkurii Sergeevich Giliarovskii, Vladimir Giliarovskii, Vladimir Alekseevich Giliui Gilkin, Iwan gill Gill Arches Gill Cavity gill cover Gill Fungus gill net Gill Pouches gill raker Gill, Brendan Gill, David Gill, Eric Rowland Gill, Irving Gill, Sir David Gillars, Mildred Gilles de la Tourette syndrome Gilles Personne De Roberval Gillespie Gillespie County Gillespie equilibrium still Gillespie, Dizzy Gillespie, John gillespite Gillet, Nicolas Francois Gillet, Nicolas François Gillett, Ezra Hall Gillett, Frederick Hunting Gillette Castle State Park Gillette, King C. Gillette, William			Giliarov, Merkurii Giliarov, Merkurii Sergeevich Giliarovskii, Vladimir Giliarovskii, Vladimir Alekseevich Gilim Gilim Giliui GILJ Gilju Gilkin, Iwan gill gill gill gill gill gill Gill ale gill arch gill arch gill arch Gill arches Gill arches Gill arches gill bar Gill Bates Gill Bates Gill Bates Gill Cavity gill cleft Gill clefts gill cover gill covers gill covers gill disease gill disease gill disease gill disease Gill frame gill fungus gill fungus Gill louse gill net gill net Gill nets Gill nets Gill opening gill parasites gill parasites gill parasites gill parasites gill pouch Gill Pouches Gill raker Gill rakes gill slit gill slit Gill slits Gill slits Gill St. Bernard's School Gill Surface Interaction Model Gill Vicente

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