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air-breather
or air·breath·er
[ air-bree-ther ]
noun
- an aircraft, missile, or submarine engine that requires air from the atmosphere for the combustion of its fuel.
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Siredon was supposed to be a permanent gill-breather, while amblystoma becomes by metamorphosis a pure air-breather.
From Project Gutenberg
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