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Definition of Dipnoi

Dipnoi
Dipnoi Dip"no*i, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ? with two breathing apertures; di- = di`s- twice + ? breath.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.

Meaning of Dipnoi from wikipedia

- Lungfish are freshwater vertebrates belonging to the class Dipnoi. Lungfish are best known for retaining ancestral characteristics within the Osteichthyes...
- of Tetrapoda and the lungfishes. Rhipidistia includes Porolepiformes and Dipnoi. Extensive fossilization of lungfishes has contributed to many evolutionary...
- Patrick M.; Chami, Remigius (January 2009). "A new Cretaceous lungfish (Dipnoi: Ceratodontidae) from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania". African Natural History...
- to their classification into two clades: the Rhipidistia (comprising the Dipnoi, or lungfish, and the Tetrapodomorpha, which includes the Tetrapoda) and...
- planet. It is one of six extant representatives of the ancient air-breathing Dipnoi (lungfishes) that flourished during the Devonian period (about 413–365 million...
- Its tooth-bearing premaxillary and maxillary bones are fused as in all Dipnoi. South American lungfish also share an autostylic jaw suspension (where...
- and bone lost among the chondrostean fishes. Lungs have been retained in dipnoi (lungfish), and many tetrapods (birds, mammals, reptiles, and some amphibians)...
- Dipnoi (lungfish) Tetrapoda...
- includes most familiar bony fish) Sarcopterygii Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi (lungfish) Tetrapoda Amphibia (amphibians) Amniota Mammalia (mammals) Aves...
- Rodney (2020-05-03). "A New Species of Fossil Lungfish (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi) from the Cretaceous of Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology....