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