Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amphirhine animal, or one which breathes through two nostrils; one of the Amphirhina (which see), or any vertebrate above the Monorhina.
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It is a _double-breather_, showing evolution in process.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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Australian mudfish or double-breather (Dipnoan), which may be a long way over a yard in length, is a direct and little-changed descendant of an ancient extinct fish, Ceratodus, which lived in Mesozoic times, as far back as the Jurassic, which probably means over five millions of years ago.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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