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lungfish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bony fish

Narrower terms: ceratodus

History

Etymology

From lung + fish.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: двойнодишаща риба (dvojnodišašta riba) — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Catalan: dipnou — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺魚 /肺鱼 (fèiyú) — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Dutch: longvis — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Finnish: keuhkokala — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • French: dipneuste — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • German: Lungenfisch — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Hausa: gaiwa — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Irish: iasc scamhógach — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Italian: dipnoo — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Italian: pesce polmonato — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Japanese: ハイギョ (haigyo) — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Japanese: 肺魚 (haigyo) — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Korean: 폐어 (pyeeo) — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Navajo: łóóʼ ńdídzihígíí — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Occitan: dipnòu — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Polish: ryba dwudyszna — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Portuguese: dipnoico — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Portuguese: peixe-pulmonado — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Russian: двоякоды́шащая ры́ба (dvojakodýšaščaja rýba) — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Spanish: pez pulmonado — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Tagalog: isdambaga — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi
  • Turkish: akciğerli balık — air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi