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鰓: gills

gills
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Readings

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サイ・シ
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えら

鰓 (えら) is the gills of a fish; 鰓呼吸 is gill breathing and 鰓蓋 (えらぶた) the gill cover.

Key words

鰓えらgills
鰓呼吸えらこきゅうgill breathing
鰓蓋えらぶたgill cover
鰓裂さいれつgill slit

Example sentences

Fish take in oxygen from the water through their gills.

Tadpoles breathe with gills, but once they become frogs they switch to lung breathing.

I lifted the gill cover of the sea bream I'd caught to check whether it was fresh.

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