DIPNOI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipnoi mean? 

• DIPNOI (noun)
  The noun DIPNOI has 1 sense:

1. bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii

  Familiarity information: DIPNOI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPNOI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dipnoi; subclass Dipnoi

Hypernyms ("Dipnoi" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Dipnoi"):

lungfish (air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought)

Ceratodontidae; family Ceratodontidae (lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth)

Holonyms ("Dipnoi" is a member of...):

class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes (a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage)