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Dipnoi
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.