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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An African freshwater fish (
Protopterus annectens ), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food.
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