SINCE 1828
Dipneumona
plural noun
Di·pneu·mo·na
| \ dīˈn(y)ümənə, dipˈn-\
Definition of Dipneumona
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
Dipneumona
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Definition of Dipneumona (Entry 2 of 2)
taxonomic synonym of dipneumones
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