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lungfish

lung·fish
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [luhng-fish]
    • /ˈlʌŋˌfɪʃ/
    • /ˈlʌŋ.fɪʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [luhng-fish]
    • /ˈlʌŋˌfɪʃ/

Definitions of lungfish word

  • noun plural lungfish any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike air bladder as well as gills and growing to a length of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters). 1
  • noun lungfish An elongated freshwater fish with one or two sacs that function as lungs, enabling it to breathe air. It lives in poorly oxygenated water and can estivate in mud for long periods to survive drought. 1
  • noun lungfish 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 0
  • noun lungfish any of two orders (Ceratodiformes and Lepidosireniformes) of lobefins having lungs as well as gills 0
  • noun lungfish air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins. 0
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Origin of lungfish

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; lung + fish

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Parts of speech for Lungfish

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lungfish popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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  • where do lungfish live?
  • how long can a lungfish live out of water?

Related words

  • barramunda

    the edible Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, having paddle-like fins and a long body covered with large scales

  • ceratodus

    any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times

  • diphycercal

    having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.

  • lepidosiren

    a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.

  • ray-finned fish

    any of various bony fishes of the subclass Actinopterygii, having strong slender rays, excluding the coelacanth and lungfish.
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