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Definition of Dipnoan
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of several fish, of the family ''Dipnoi'', that have modified lungs and can breath out of water ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dipnoan
1. a lungfish [n -S] - See also: lungfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipnoan
Literary usage of Dipnoan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"The Genito-urinary Organs of dipnoan Fishes. By J. GRAHAM KERR, MA, Christ's
College. [Head 20 January 1902.] LEPIDOSIREN. Pronephros. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"... region has as much affinity with the Neotropical fauna as with any other, in
its Characin and and Cichlid families, and in the dipnoan subclass. ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"That of the dipnoan is much the same. The development of a typical fish mouth is
the next step in evolution and with its appearance we note the decline of ..."
4. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"As to dipnoan relationships the paper of Louis Dolio is easily of the first value;
... of Eastman as to the early derivation of the dipnoan dentition. ..."
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