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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LABYRINTHICI
Lab
`y *
rin
"
thi
*
ci,
n.
pl.
Etym:
[
NL.
See
Labyrinth.
] (Zoöl.)
Defn:
An
order
of
teleostean
fishes,
including
the
Anabas,
or
climbing
perch,
and
other
allied
fishes.
Note:
They
have,
connected
with
the
gill
chamber,
a
special
cavity
in
which
a
labyrinthiform
membrane
is
arranged
so
as
to
retain
water
to
supply
the
gills
while
the
fish
leaves
the
water
and
travels
about
on
land,
or
even
climbs trees.
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