noun
extant Australian lungfishes
• Syn: ↑genus Neoceratodus
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ceratodontidae, ↑family Ceratodontidae
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\\|nē(ˌ)ō+\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of dipnoan fishes comprising the recent lungfishes of Australia — see barramunda; compare ceratodus
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Neoceratodus /nē-ə-se-rə-tōˈdəs/
noun
The name of the genus of Australian lungfish to which the barramunda belongs, now used in preference to Ceratodus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.