lungfish
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noun, plural ( especially collectively ) lung·fish ( especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) lung·fish·es.
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| —n , pl -fish, -fishes | |
| any freshwater bony fish of the subclass Dipnoi, having an air-breathing lung, fleshy paired fins, and an elongated body. The only living species are those of the genera Lepidosiren of South America, Protopterus of Africa, and Neoceratodus of Australia | |
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lungfish (lŭng'fĭsh') Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) Any of several tropical freshwater fish of the order or subclass Dipnoi that, in addition to having gills, have lunglike organs for breathing air. Lungfish have a long, narrow body, and certain species can survive periods of drought inside a mucus-lined cocoon in the mud. The lungfish and the coelacanths are the only living lobe-finned fishes. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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lungfish
any of six species (three species according to some authorities) of air-breathing fishes placed with a number of extinct forms in the subclass Dipnoi (order Dipnoi of some authorities). The Dipnoi first appeared in the Lower Devonian Period (about 370,000,000-395,000,000 years ago). The extant species occur in rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia. They are especially interesting because of their characteristic body forms, their generally large size, their erratic distribution over the tropical regions of the earth, and their peculiar mode of life.
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Example sentences
Apes would have seemed impossible to the first lungfish.
Lungfish are thought to be related to the first creatures that crawled out of the water to colonize land.
Living lobe-fins include lungfish, which have gills but can also breathe air using modified swim bladders that act as lungs.
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