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Gills  

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Scope note

  • Paired respiratory organs of fishes and some amphibians that are analogous to lungs. They are richly supplied with blood vessels by which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged directly with the environment.

History note

  • 68

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005880

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