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labyrinth organ

noun

Etymology

From labyrinth + organ.

  1. derived from *werǵ-✻
  2. derived from ὄργανον
  3. derived from organum
  4. derived from organe
  5. inherited from organe
  6. compounded as labyrinth organ — “labyrinth + organ”

Definitions

  1. An organ common to fish of the suborder Anabantoidei that enables them to breathe air.

    • The labyrinth organ may work a bit like a lung, but it is an entirely different solution to the problem of how to remove oxygen from air.[…]The labyrinth organ is an effective adaptation to low-oxygen habitats.
    • The labyrinth organ fills most of the opercular cavity and is positioned behind and above the gill chamber and extends into the suprabranchial space; hence the name suprabranchial organ.

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