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Meaning of LUNGFISH

Pronunciation:  'lung`fish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
 
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 See Also: barramunda, barramundi, bony fish, ceratodus, Dipnoi, Neoceratodus forsteri, subclass Dipnoi

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lung"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they
have both lungs and gills.
 
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