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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
2. 2
   air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dipnoandipnoan

Etymology

From lung + fish.

Related phrases

African lungfishAustralian lungfishEast African lungfishQueensland lungfishSouth American lungfishmarbled lungfishslender lungfish

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