Definition of dipnois Dipnois
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What does dipnois mean?
Part of speech
🔤- dipnois, noun, plural of dipnoi.
WordNet
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| dipnoi - bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii | ||
| subclass Dipnoi | ||
| class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" | ||
| class osteichthyes, osteichthyes a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage | ||
| lungfish air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dipnoi (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dipnoi
dip′noi, n.pl. the lung fishes.—adj. Dip′noous, having both lungs and gills
