| 单词 | water breather |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater breather water breather n. an animal that is able to respire when submerged in water (typically by means of gills); contrasted with air breather. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > aquatic animal fishc825 aquatic?c1600 water animal1603 aquatile1638 water breather1832 rheophile1939 1832 M. Hall in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 122 328 It is especially necessary to compare the warm-blooded, the cold-blooded, the air-breathers, and the water-breathers. 1960 M. Burton Wild Animals Brit. Isles 163 After the disappearance of the gill-plumes, lungs are developed, and the animal [sc. a tadpole] changes from a fish-like water-breather to an air breather. 2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 4 Feb. 48/5 I think it is a genuine effect and something to do with the exposure of water breathers [to oestrogens in sewage effluent]. < as lemmas |
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