Lunglessness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Absence of lungs. uncountable

    "No one is certain why lunglessness has evolved, but a popular theory suggests it does so in response to an extreme environment — cold, swift-flowing streams."

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"No one is certain why lunglessness has evolved, but a popular theory suggests it does so in response to an extreme environment — cold, swift-flowing streams."

Etymology

From lungless + -ness.

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