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Neoceratodus
noun
extant Australian lungfishes
Syn: ↑genus Neoceratodus
Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Ceratodontidae, ↑family Ceratodontidae

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\\|nē(ˌ)ō+\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from ne- + Ceratodus
: 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
ORIGIN:neo- and ↑ceratodus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.