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Definition of Subclass dipnoi
1. Noun. Bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii.
Exact synonyms: Dipnoi
Group relationships: Class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes
Member holonyms: Lungfish, Ceratodontidae, Family Ceratodontidae
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes
Member holonyms: Lungfish, Ceratodontidae, Family Ceratodontidae
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Subclass dipnoi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"These may be further subdivided into orders as follows: 1. Lungfishes—Subclass
DIPNOI. 1i) True Lungfishes — Order ..."
2. Economic Zoology: An Introductory Text-book in Zoology, with Special by Herbert Osborn (1908)
"subclass dipnoi The lungfishes are an interesting division because of their
showing so many points of advancement toward the land- inhabiting air-breathing ..."
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