gill vs wood pigeon

gill

noun
  • The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle. 

  • A gill slit or gill cover. 

  • One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments. 

  • One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs. 

  • A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals. 

  • ravine 

  • a two-wheeled frame for transporting timber 

  • rivulet 

  • a female ferret 

  • The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle. 

  • A drink measure for spirits and wine, approximately a quarter of a pint, but varying regionally. 

verb
  • To be or become entangled in a gillnet. 

  • To catch (a fish) in a gillnet. 

  • To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it. 

wood pigeon

noun
  • The common wood pigeon, an Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus. 

  • A very large (up to 650 grams) species of pigeon native to New Zealand, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. 

  • Any of several related species of pigeon in the genus Columba. 

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