Queensland lungfish
Jan. 16th, 2025 06:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordQueensland lungfish (KWEENS-land LUNG-fish) - n., a lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) that reaches a length of six feet.
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Yes, it's slightly suss running this as a Q word, but a) I've run this before under another name, barramunda, and b) it's less of a stretch than tomorrow's word. Besides, at least I'm only running one of the Queensland X animals (there are many) as that really would be cheating. Originally native to the Mary and Burnett River systems but it's been introduced to others down Australia's eastern coast, widely enough that it's now just as likely to be called Australian lungfish (okay, that also makes this suss). It's one of only six surviving species of lungfish, and the only one in its family, but is less hardy to dry conditions than African lungfishes.
---L.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Yes, it's slightly suss running this as a Q word, but a) I've run this before under another name, barramunda, and b) it's less of a stretch than tomorrow's word. Besides, at least I'm only running one of the Queensland X animals (there are many) as that really would be cheating. Originally native to the Mary and Burnett River systems but it's been introduced to others down Australia's eastern coast, widely enough that it's now just as likely to be called Australian lungfish (okay, that also makes this suss). It's one of only six surviving species of lungfish, and the only one in its family, but is less hardy to dry conditions than African lungfishes.
---L.
