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Amphipnous

noun
Am·​phip·​no·​us | \ amˈfipnəwəs\

Definition of Amphipnous

: a genus of teleost fishes (order Symbranchii) comprising the cuchia

First Known Use of Amphipnous

1846, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Amphipnous

New Latin, irregular from amphi- + Greek pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe

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