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Words with a similar base: gill

'gill'

[gill.n.01] as in: a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066

cubic centimeters

'gill'

[gill.n.02] as in: a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces

'gill'

[gill.n.03] as in: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

'gill'

[gill.n.04] as in: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

Origins

					gill (English)
├── gile (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── gile (Anglo-Norman)
│   │   └── guile (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│   └── giolnar (Old Norse)
└── gille (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── gil (Old Norse)