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lunglessness

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English

Etymology

From lungless + -ness.

Noun

lunglessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of lungs.
    • 2008 April 15, Henry Fountain, “Frogs in Borneo Added to Ranks of the Lungless”, in New York Times:
      No one is certain why lunglessness has evolved, but a popular theory suggests it does so in response to an extreme environment — cold, swift-flowing streams.

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