lungfish
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- noun
- /ˈlʌŋˌfɪʃ/
- Specialized
:
pez pulmonado
- The African lungfish can breathe air thanks to its lungs, making it unique among fish.
- African lungfish
Examples
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Scientists observed the lungfish using its paired fins to move across the land during their research.
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Bubbles rise from a still pond, and weird lungfish move onto the land.
Fiction book (1994) -
The closest one comes to a missing link is the African lungfish.
Blog text (23) -
The lungfish all burrowed straight down into the mud.
Fiction book (2001) -
Next Thursday, I'm going to talk to your class about the lungfish, the closest living relative of the tetrapods.
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Mud skippers roll in the mud like puppies, but the lungfish takes the cake.
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An extraordinary sort of lungfish had virtually colonized the coasts of the Japanese Home Islands and seemed to be undertaking a kind of aquaculture involving seaweed and kelp.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the still waters of the lake, the lungfish uses its lungs to surface for air.
Synonyms
A group of bony fish that have gills and can breathe air using a lung
Compounds
- Australian
A large endangered freshwater fish from Queensland that breathes air and uses gills
- Australian
A rare endangered freshwater fish from Queensland rivers that breathes air with one lung
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lungfish is made of the words lung ('breathing organ') and fish. The name literally tells you what it is: a fish with lungs that can breathe air and sometimes survive out of the water.