dipnoous

adjective

dip·​no·​ous

ˈdipnəwəs

1

: having both lungs and gills

2

: dipnoan

Word History

Etymology

New Latin dipnous having two apertures for breathing, from Greek dipnoos, from di- + -pnoos (from pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe)

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