What does dipnoid mean?
Dipnoid means (zoology) Of, or relating to, lungfishes in the class Dipnoi..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(zoology) Of, or relating to, lungfishes in the class Dipnoi..
The dipnoid fishes, which, as we have already seen, attained their maximum of development in the Devonian epoch, show us clearly enough how such a transition probably took place, […]
A concurrent elimination of sharks from fresh waters, with a countercurrent increase in the dipnoid and ganoid lungfishes, readily can be demonstrated.
During the Carboniferous some species of dipnoid fish had 30 million years to evolve into reptiles, unless new discoveries may point to other origins for reptiles.
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Dipnoid means (zoology) Of, or relating to, lungfishes in the class Dipnoi..
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The dipnoid fishes, which, as we have already seen, attained their maximum of development in the Devonian epoch, show us clearly enough how such a transition probably took place, […]
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