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Webster 1913 Edition


Labyrinthici


Labˊy-rin′thi-ci

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Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Labyrinth
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(Zool.)
An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.
☞ They have, connected with the gill chamber, a special cavity in which a labyrinthiform membrane is arranged so as to retain water to supply the gills while the fish leaves the water and travels about on land, or even climbs trees.