lunglessness

noun

lunglessness

noun

Etymology From lungless + -ness.

1

Absence of lungs.

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.2008 April 15, Henry Fountain, “Frogs in Borneo Added to Ranks of the Lungless”, in New York Times:

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