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    DIPNOI

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygiiplay

    Synonyms:

    Dipnoi; subclass Dipnoi

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Dipnoi" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "Dipnoi"):

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

    Ceratodontidae; family Ceratodontidae (lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth)

    Holonyms ("Dipnoi" is a member of...):

    class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes (a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage)

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