gillless
adj/ɡɪlˈlɛs/
Etymology From gill + -less.
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Lacking gills.
- Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe.
- ...which closely resembles the golden chanterelle, except that it is white and slightly larger; the gillless chanterelle...1982, L. Patrick Coyle., The World Encyclopedia of Food:
2 more examples
- However, in Cloeon evidence from experiments with gilled and gillless nymphs suggests that the primary, perhaps sole, function of gill movement is to reduce...1992, J.V. Ward., Aquatic Insect Ecology:
- ...borne by four branchial arches, and the fifth arch is gillless...2002, M. Prakash, C. K. Arora., Encyclopædia of Animal Physiology: