Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dipnoan fishes, typical of the family Lepidosirenidæ and subfamily Lepidosireninæ, of an elongate form, as in the amphibian genus Siren, but with a scaly body.
- noun A member of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (
Protopterus annectens ). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called alsodoko .
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- noun zoology An
eel -shapedganoid fish of the orderDipnoi , having bothgills andlungs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The eleventh stage is formed by the primæval fish or selachii (sharks); the twelfth by the mud fish, of which there still live the protopterus in Africa, the lepidosiren in the tributaries of the
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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The genera Ornithorhynchus and lepidosiren, for example, would not have been less aberrant had each been represented by a dozen species, instead of as at present by a single one, or by two or three.
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Owen considers the simple filamentary limbs of the lepidosiren as the beginnings of organs which attain full functional development in higher vertebrates; but, according to the view lately advocated by Dr. Günther, they are probably remnants, consisting of the persistent axis of a fin, with the lateral rays of branches aborted.
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The surrounding mud then hardens into a dry ball; and these balls are dug out of the soil of the rice-fields by the natives, with the fish inside them, by which means many specimens of lepidosiren have been sent alive to Europe, embedded in their natural covering.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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American mud-fish on the one hand and the wonderful lepidosiren on the other, it forms a true member of the long series by which the higher animals generally trace their descent from a remote race of marine ancestors.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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"Grant a simple archetypal creature, like the mud-fish or lepidosiren
Evolution An Investigation and a Critique Theodore Graebner 1913
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