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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lungfish \Lung"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. air-breathing fish, of the class ''Dipnoi'', that have four limblike appendages instead of fins
WordNet
n. air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
[also: lungfishes (pl)]
Wikipedia
Lungfish ( also known as salamanderfish) are freshwater fish belonging to the subclass Dipnoi. Lungfish are best known for retaining characteristics primitive within the Osteichthyes, including the ability to breathe air, and structures primitive within Sarcopterygii, including the presence of lobed fins with a well-developed internal skeleton.
Today, lungfish live only in Africa, South America and Australia. While vicariance would suggest this represents an ancient distribution limited to the Mesozoic supercontinent Gondwana, the fossil record suggests advanced lungfish had a widespread freshwater distribution and the current distribution of modern lungfish species reflects extinction of many lineages subsequent to the breakup of Pangaea, Gondwana and Laurasia.
Lungfish is a post-hardcore band formed in 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland. All of their music has been released by the Washington, D.C. punk label Dischord except for their first LP, Necklace of Heads which was released by Simple Machines (it was later added to the CD release of Talking Songs for Walking by Dischord).
Their line-up as of 2005 consists of Daniel Higgs (vocals, occasional guitar), Asa Osborne (guitar), Sean Meadows (bass), and Mitchell Feldstein (drums). Previous bass players are John Chriest and Nathan Bell.
Usage examples of "lungfish".
Fish, sharks, coelacanths, a few squirrel-sized mammals, and lungfish were also common in freshwater terrestrial habitats, especially in the Late Jurassic when the effects of aridity were ameliorated.
The banner depicted the Christian “fish” modified with four little feet—a tribute, Aaronian claimed, to the African lungfishes ’ evolution onto dry land.
The banner depicted the Christian ``fish'' modified with four little feet-a tribute, Aaronian claimed, to the African lungfishes ' evolution onto dry land.
During the course of the twentieth century it yielded some of the earliest species of apes and other early primates, whales, elephantlike mastodons, strange and immense rhinoceroslike creatures equipped with massive horns, an array of small mammals, giant sea snakes, both long and short-headed crocodilians, turtles of several types, sharks, rays, lungfish and early catfish, birds, and many more.
The exis fence of the Fish Speakers and especially of their religious and military devotion, can be best explained by the significance qfjjsh a divine life symbol from antiquity Which species became the dominant symbol is disputed According to Fish Speaker legend, the sandtrout so important in Dane history is a relict form of a now-extinct lungfish, but trout are very similar to salmon, and the Legend of the Silver Salmon-a large fish with oracular powers and a reputation for escaping all nets and lures-persisted in Fremen culture despite the absence of water Some investigators believe that the legend may have been imported from Caladan where the appearance of the Golden Carp was said to predict a tome when the planet would be destroyed by a vast flood, and only those who believed in the Golden Carp would survive Yet, as a divine Itfe symbol in many cultures, the Vesica Pisas was an oval figure pointed at .