lunglessness
English
Etymology
lungless + -ness
Noun
lunglessness (uncountable)
- 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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