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air-breathing

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Adj.1.air-breathing - deriving oxygen from the air; "he studied respiration in marine air-breathing vertebrates"; "large air-breathing ichthyosaurs had hydrofoils"


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Automatic and involuntary as his heart-beating and air-breathing, was his defence of his meat once he had his paw on it, his teeth in it.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
There the air-breathing rykor would perish as you would perish.
The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For instance, a swim-bladder has apparently been converted into an air-breathing lung.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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