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lung•fish



Pronunciation: (lung'fish"), [key]
n.,
pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es.

any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) 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 ft. (0.9 to 1.8 m).

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