1) Class 2) Subclass dipnoi
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• (n. pl.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.
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order or subclass of fishes that includes living species of the lungfish (q.v.), as well as a number of extinct forms.[3 related articles]
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<zoology> A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. With two breathing apertures; = twice + breath. ... Sou...
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Dip'no·i noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... ... with two breathing apertures;
di- =
di`s- twice + ... breath.]
(Zoology) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera
Ceratodus and
Lepidosiren , which present the closest approximation to...
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The Dipnoi are an order of fishes, including only the singular mud-fishes (Lepidosiren), important as exhibiting the transition, between fishes and the amphibia. Formerly Lepidosiren was reckoned the lowest of the amphibia, now it constitutes the highest order of fishes. The body is fish-like in shape, covered with small horny scales of a cycloid c...
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[
n] - bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills
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subclass Dipnoi noun bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii
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