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Webster 1913 Edition
Dipnoi
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Dip′no-i
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] [GREEK] with two breathing apertures;
δι-
= δίσ-
twice + [GREEK] breath.] (Zool.)
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.