Definition of Dipnai
||Dip"no*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; &?; with two breathing apertures; di- = di`s-
twice + &?; breath.] (Zoöl.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Translingual
- a taxonomic class, within subphylum Vertebrata - the lungfishes
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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