Queensland lungfish


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Queensland lungfish

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(Animals) a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, reaching a length of six feet: occurs in Queensland rivers but introduced elsewhere
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Noun1.Queensland lungfish - an endangered species of lungfish found in rivers in QueenslandQueensland lungfish - an endangered species of lungfish found in rivers in Queensland
Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri
endangered species - a species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction
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