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# lungfish

noun (a lungfish, lungfish or lungfishes)

«lungfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lungfish is a freshwater fish that can breathe air with lungs as well as with gills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#m1)
2. Some lungfish can survive when their pond dries up by burying themselves in mud and breathing air for months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on adaptations and evolution, the lungfish is a link between fish and land animals; the Australian lungfish in Queensland is a very old species, and African lungfish survive droughts in mud cocoons. Phrases: «Australian lungfish», «living fossil».

### Examples

- The lungfish swims up to gulp air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#x1)
- When the pond dries out, the lungfish hides in the mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#x2)
- Lungfish have lungs and gills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#x3)
- The Australian lungfish lives in rivers in Queensland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#x4)
- A lungfish can live for many years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#x5)
- Scientists study lungfish to learn how animals moved onto land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/#x6)

### Note

Plural usually «lungfish». One word. Lungfish are fish, not amphibians, even though they breathe air.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lungfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lungfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lungfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lungfish.html) on Mova free.