Dipnoans is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 260 anagrams from letters in dipnoans (adinnops).
1880-85; New Latin Dipno(i) name of the order, plural of dipnous Greek dípnoos double-breathing (di- di-1 + -pnoos, derivative of pnoḗ breathing, breath, air
In every modern dipnoan, Crossopterygian, and Ganoid the air-bladder has an effective pneumatic duct.
It is not unlikely that the Crossopterygian gave rise to Amphibian and dipnoan alike.
The dipnoan and ganoid traits one by one are more or less completely lost.
In the archaic tail, enameled scales, and cartilaginous skeleton the Crossopterygian shows its affinity with its dipnoan ancestry.
Structurally the amphibian heart closely resembles the dipnoan, though the increased size of the left auricle is an advance.
The name dipnoan may, however, be retained as a vernacular equivalent of Dipneusti.
Interest notes on dipnoan fin characters have been given by Traquair.
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