gill slit

English

Noun

gill slit (plural gill slits)

1. (anatomy, zoology) An individual opening to gills, which lacks an operculum; characteristic of cartilaginous fish such as sharks.

Translations

uncovered opening to gills

• Breton: faout brenkel m
• Finnish: kidusrako
• French: fente branchiale (fr) f
• German: Kiemenspalte f
• Vietnamese: khe mang
• Welsh: agen tagell f, agen y dagell f