lungfish
/luhng-fish/US // ˈlʌŋˌfɪʃ //UK // (ˈlʌŋˌfɪʃ) //
肺鱼,肺活量,肺癌,肺病
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural lung·fish, lung·fish·es.
- : any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order 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.
Examples
His purpose was the study of the wonderful Australian fauna, the oviparous mammals, marsupials, and ceratodus (lungfish).
In certain swampy regions these lungfish swim freely in the water of the marshes.
In this Silurian time certain of these lungfish were perhaps trapped in the basin in the marsh by the uplifting of the border.
The light from the star that died when the meteor was created fell on Earth before the first lungfish ventured from the sea.
The lungfish have a curious habit which keeps them over the dry season.
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