air breathern.

Brit.

/ˈɛː ˌbriːðə/, U.S.

/ˈɛr ˌbriðər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, breather n.

Etymology: < air n.¹ + breather n., after air-breathing adj. Compare water breather n. at water n. Compounds 7.

An animal that breathes air.

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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] > one who

breather1615

air breather1839

inbreather1873

1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 910/1 The air-breathers or pulmonary Mollusca.

1893 T. R. R. Stebbing Hist. Crustacea i. 4 Those Arachnida which have surface-respiration are apparently all air-breathers.

1931 H. S. Williams Bk. Marvels 55 Stefansson found seal abundant far out in the Polar Sea, ensconced—air-breathers though they are—beneath vast sheets of ice.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes v. 56/2 The Australian lungfish (Ceratodontidae) is a facultative air breather with a single lung, whereas the African and South American lungfishes (Protopteridae and Lepidosirenidae respectively) are both obligate air breathers with bilobed lungs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	air breather
释义	air breathern. Brit. /ˈɛː ˌbriːðə/, U.S. /ˈɛr ˌbriðər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, breather n. Etymology: < air n.¹ + breather n., after air-breathing adj. Compare water breather n. at water n. Compounds 7. An animal that breathes air. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] > one who breather1615 air breather1839 inbreather1873 1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 910/1 The air-breathers or pulmonary Mollusca. 1893 T. R. R. Stebbing Hist. Crustacea i. 4 Those Arachnida which have surface-respiration are apparently all air-breathers. 1931 H. S. Williams Bk. Marvels 55 Stefansson found seal abundant far out in the Polar Sea, ensconced—air-breathers though they are—beneath vast sheets of ice. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes v. 56/2 The Australian lungfish (Ceratodontidae) is a facultative air breather with a single lung, whereas the African and South American lungfishes (Protopteridae and Lepidosirenidae respectively) are both obligate air breathers with bilobed lungs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1839
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