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Protopterus
(gcide) | Protopterus \Pro*top"te*rus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? first + ? a
feather (taken to mean, fin).] (Zool.)
See Komtok.
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Protopterus annectens
(gcide) | Komtok \Kom"tok\, n. (Zool.)
An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens),
belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its
lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of
hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used
as food.
[1913 Webster]Lepidosiren \Lep`i*do*si"ren\ (-s[imac]"r[e^]n), n. [Gr. lepi`s
-i`dos, a scale + seirh`n a siren.] (Zool.)
An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both
gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The
name is also applied to a related African species
(Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length
of from four to six feet. Called also doko.
[1913 Webster] LepidoteMudfish \Mud"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The European loach.
(b) The bowfin (Amia calva).
(c) The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African
species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren.
(d) The mud minnow, a fish of the genus Umbra or family
Umbridae.
(e) any fish which lives in muddy waters, such as the
mummichog, a killifish.
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