えら
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Meanings
Noun
1. gills; branchia (Usually kana)
2. angle of the mandible; gonial angle (Usually kana)
Other spellings
鰓えら
Other readings
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
えら
Used in vocabulary
エラ呼こ吸きゅう
branchial respiration
Noun
えら張ばり
being square-jawed
Noun
Examples1
Incidentally, that the gills of fish are bright red is because there are many 'capillary vessels' collected there, the same as for lungs.