Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no lungs; not pulmonate, as certain inferior animals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being without lungs.
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- adjective Without
lungs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Journal of Zoology includes the description of a new plethodontid salamander (aka lungless salamander): the Patch-nosed salamander
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A new genus and species of lungless salamander (family Plethodontidae) from the Appalachian highlands of the south-eastern United States
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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A new genus and species of lungless salamander (family Plethodontidae) from the Appalachian highlands of the south-eastern United States
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A rare aquatic frog, Barbourula kalimantanensis, from Borneo has been confirmed as the only known (so far) lungless frog.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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In total, the hotspot has approximately 160 species of the order Caudata (the newts and salamanders), and some 120 are endemic; all endemics belong to the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders).
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Comparative osteology and evolution of the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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In lungless and non-respiring animals it is employed in working up the food, while in those of them that require refrigeration it is the gills that are created for this purpose.
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In lungless and non-respiring animals it is employed in working up the food, while in those of them that require refrigeration it is the gills that are created for this purpose.
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Democritus of Abdera and certain others who have treated of respiration, while saying nothing definite about the lungless animals, nevertheless seem to speak as if all breathed.
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Democritus of Abdera and certain others who have treated of respiration, while saying nothing definite about the lungless animals, nevertheless seem to speak as if all breathed.
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