Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Labyrinthici"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Labyrinthici \Lab`y*rin"thi*ci\, n. pl. [NL. See {Labyrinth}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or
climbing perch, and other allied fishes.
Note: They have, connected with the gill chamber, a special
cavity in which a labyrinthiform membrane is arranged
so as to retain water to supply the gills while the
fish leaves the water and travels about on land, or
even climbs trees.
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