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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word gill slits:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. gill slits: Merriam-Webster
  2. gill slits: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gill slits: Vocabulary.com
  4. gill-slits: Wordnik
  5. gill slits: Wiktionary
  6. Gill slits: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gill slits: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Gill slits: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)

(Note: See gill_slit as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gill slit)

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