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Gill

In zoology, gill is a respiratory organ present is aquatic animals.

While the main function of a gill is to obtain oxygen and to excrete carbon dioxide, it also serves as an osmoregulatory organ.

The spore-producing structure of mushrooms are also called a gill.

Definitions in the literature

• (in zoology) A respiratory organ used by aquatic animals to obtain oxygen from the surrounding water; (in botany) One of the ridges of tissue that radiate from the centre of the underside of the cap of mushrooms [1].