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Protopterus   Listen
noun
Protopterus  n.  (Zool.) See Komtok.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Protopterus" Quotes from Famous Books



... hunting on the shore when the tide goes out. More important still, several fishes have lungs as well as gills. The Ceratodus of certain Queensland rivers has one lung; though, I was told by the experts in Queensland, it is not a "mud-fish," and never lives in dry mud. However, the Protopterus of Africa and the Lepidosiren of South America have two lungs, as well as gills, and can live either in water or, in the dry season, ...
— The Story of Evolution • Joseph McCabe



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