Usually means: Opening in fish for breathing.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word gill cleft:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. gill cleft: Merriam-Webster
  2. gill cleft: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gill cleft: Vocabulary.com
  4. gill-cleft: Wordnik
  5. gill cleft: Dictionary.com
  6. gill cleft: Rhymezone
  7. gill cleft: FreeDictionary.org
  8. gill cleft: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. gill cleft: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gill cleft: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gill cleft: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See gill_clefts as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (gill cleft)

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


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