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Lungfish

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Noun

1. lungfish

air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lungfish

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noun plural -fish or -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

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nounWord forms: plural ˈlungˌfish or ˈlungˌfishes
any of two orders (Ceratodiformes and Lepidosireniformes) of lobefins having lungs as well as gills

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lungfish

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n. pl. lungfish or lung·fish·es
Any of several freshwater lobe-finned fishes of the group Dipnoi of Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike organ that enables them to breathe air, especially during drought conditions.

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