lepidosiren

[ lep-i-doh-sahy-ruhn ]

noun

1. a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.

lepidosiren

/ ˌlɛpɪdəʊˈsaɪərən /

noun

1. a South American lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, having an eel-shaped body and whiplike paired fins

Word History and Origins

Origin of lepidosiren¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1850–55; lepido-, siren

Example Sentences

Lepidosiren, lep-i-do-sī′ren, n. one of the Amazon mud-fishes or Dipnoi.

From Project Gutenberg

These plates serve to ally them with the Ganoids, as their jaws do with Lepidosiren.

From Project Gutenberg

This fish resembles the Lepidosiren in many essential points of structure; but its fins have lateral rays, and are consequently of some breadth, though of peculiar form, and its mouth is armed with flat, pavement-like teeth, wherewith it browses on aquatic grasses.

From Project Gutenberg

Whilst Amphioxus at the lower end of the class of fishes connects these with the soft-bodied animals, or Mollusca, at the upper end of the Pisces, we have the Lepidosiren, or mud-fish.

From Project Gutenberg

Dip�noi, mud-fishes or lung-fishes, an ancient order now represented by three genera—Neoceratodus, Protopterus, and Lepidosiren.

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