lungfish

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Tiktaalik's fin into the fin of a lungfish, meaning this appears to be far simpler of an evolutionary story than what would be required to transform

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  1. noun Any of several elongated freshwater fishes of the Amazon, western and central Africa, and Australia that have lunglike organs as well as gills and are able to breathe air, allowing certain species to survive periods of drought inside a mucus-lined cocoon in the mud.

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  • The most recent guess, prosaic as it may be, is that the buru was a species of giant lungfish. —  Doug's Darkworld
  • There's not really much overlap between playing 18 holes at St. Andrews and bombarding a hulking lungfish named Linda with bolts of raw psychic aggression. —  The Escapist : Latest News
  • I assume that since shoebills dine mainly on lungfish and other fish in their native swampland that the duck is going to be just fine (besides, that duck has an ankle tag, which leads me to think this image was captured at a zoo). —  Clipmarks | Live Clips
  • FCX Clarity shaped like an Australian lungfish and whining like a tomcat being scalped. —  Automotive News Blog at CARandDRIVER.com - Car News Resource
  • But the lungfish conspicuously doesn't have a wrist. —  Evolution News & Views
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