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Lungfish

Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.

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Ceratodus 76% connected

A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Austral…

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Amphipneust noun · 78% connection

One of a tribe of Amphibia, which have both lungs and gills at the same time, as the proteus and siren.

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Bellows fish unknown · 78% connection

A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish,…

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Bluefish noun · 78% connection

A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American…

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Branchiopoda n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes…

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Bronchial adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.

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Bur fish unknown · 78% connection

A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distendin…

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Caducibranchiate adjective · 78% connection

With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

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Derotremata n. pl. · 78% connection

The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- cal…

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Eelpout noun · 78% connection

A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. A…

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Fish noun · 78% connection

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish";…

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Fishlike adjective · 78% connection

Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.

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Fishy adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

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Fungia noun · 78% connection

A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a m…

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Goldfish noun · 78% connection

A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been i…

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Grenadier noun · 78% connection

Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also o…

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Haddock noun · 78% connection

A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark…

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Haemoglobin noun · 78% connection

a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxyge…

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Hb noun · 78% connection

a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxyge…

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