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neopulmo

neopulmo noun: part of the lung of birds formed by the parabronchi from the laterodorsal and lateroventral bronchi.

Noun

neopulmo

  1. Part of the lung of birds formed by the parabronchi from the laterodorsal and lateroventral bronchi
    • In most birds, the lung is functionally and anatomically subdivided into paleopulmo and neopulmo portions.2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant...

Origin of neopulmo

From neo- + Latin pulmō (“lung”).

Questions about neopulmo

What does neopulmo mean?
Neopulmo means part of the lung of birds formed by the parabronchi from the laterodorsal and lateroventral bronchi.
What part of speech is neopulmo?
Neopulmo is a noun.

Words near neopulmo in the dictionary

  1. neopterygians
  2. neoptile
  3. Neoptolemus
  4. neopullulanase
  5. neopullulanases
  6. neopulmo
  7. neopulmonic
  8. neopunk
  9. neopunks
  10. neopuritan
  11. neopuritanical

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