DIPNEUMONA


Meaning of DIPNEUMONA in English

I. dīˈn(y)ümənə, dipˈn- noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from neuter plural of dipneumonus dipneumonous

1. in some classifications : a group of lungfishes including the genera Protopterus and Lepidosiren in which the lung is double and the lateral rays of the archipterygium are vestigial or absent

2. in some classifications : a division of holothurians having two branching respiratory organs

II.

Etymology: New Latin, from neuter plural of dipneumonus

synonym of dipneumones

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