lungfish

名词 lungfish:

1. air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought

lung.fish

n.（名词）
【复数】 lungfish 或 lung.fish.es
Any of several elongated freshwater fishes of the Amazon, western and central Africa, and Australia that have lunglike organs as well as gills and are able to breathe air, allowing certain species to survive periods of drought inside a mucus-lined cocoon in the mud.
肺鱼：亚马孙河，中部和西部非州，澳大利亚的一种细长的淡水鱼；这类鱼除了鳃之外还有肺状的器官，能够呼吸空气。某些鱼种还可在土地中粘液丝结成的茧状物中经历一段干旱而不死