airsac catfish

noun

Any member of the genus Heteropneustes of catfishes with elongated, compressed bodies, short dorsal fins with no spine, and long airsacs that serve as lungs that extend from the gill chamber.

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Meanings

nounairsac catfish (plural airsac catfishes or airsac catfish)

plural airsac catfishes

  1. Any member of the genus Heteropneustes of catfishes with elongated, compressed bodies, short dorsal fins with no spine, and long airsacs that serve as lungs that extend from the gill chamber.
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