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dipnoous, a.|ˈdɪpnəʊəs|
Also erron. dipnous.
[f. mod.L. dipno-us (in pl. Dipnoi, an order of Fishes), a. Gr. δίπνο-ος with two breathing apertures, f. δι- twice + πνοή breathing, breath.]
1. Zool. Having both gills and lungs, as a dipnoan fish.
1881Günther in Encycl. Brit. XII. 686/1 The relations of the chimaeras to the Ganoid, and more especially to the Dipnoous type. Ibid. 686/2 It is impossible to decide..whether the Fossil should be referred to the Holocephalous or the Dipnoous type.
2. Path. Of a wound: ‘Having two openings for the entrance of air or other matters’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1883).
1811Hooper Med. Dict., Dipnous, an epithet for wounds which are perforated quite through, and admit the air at both ends. |