lungfish

English

Etymology

From lung +‎ fish.

Noun

lungfish (plural lungfish or lungfishes)

1. air-breathing fish, of the class Dipnoi, that have four limblike appendages instead of fins

Synonyms

• (air-breathing fish): dipnoan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• African lungfish
• East African lungfish
• marbled lungfish
• Queensland lungfish
• slender lungfish
• South American lungfish

Translations

air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi

• Bulgarian: двойнодишаща риба f (dvojnodišašta riba)
• Catalan: dipnou m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肺魚／肺鱼 (zh) (fèiyú)

• Dutch: longvis (nl) m
• Finnish: keuhkokala (fi)
• French: dipneuste (fr) m
• German: Lungenfisch m
• Hausa: gaiwa (ha)
• Irish: iasc scamhógach m
• Italian: dipnoo m, pesce polmonato m
• Japanese: ハイギョ (haigyo), 肺魚 (はいぎょ, haigyo)
• Korean: 폐어 (ko) (pyeeo)
• Navajo: łóóʼ ńdídzihígíí
• Occitan: dipnòu m
• Polish: ryba dwudyszna f
• Portuguese: dipnoico m, peixe-pulmonado m
• Russian: двоякоды́шащая ры́ба f (dvojakodýšaščaja rýba)
• Spanish: pez pulmonado m
• Tagalog: isdambaga

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