English Explanatory Dictionary

sixgill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having six pairs of gill slits, as some sharks do.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of sixgill shark (“Any deepwater shark in the genus Hexanchus”)

Word forms

sixgill sixgills

Etymology

From six + gill.

Derived words

bigeyed sixgill shark bluntnose sixgill shark
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