air-breathe
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of air-breathe
Example Sentences
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It’s more difficult to rehabilitate an animal like a sawfish than it is for an air-breathing marine creature, such as a dolphin or manatee, officials say.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
“The only reason organisms can survive at that depth is because they’re more or less the same density as the water around them, so they don’t get deformed like us air-breathing creatures.”
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023
Like most amphibians, it has gills and lives in the water as a larva before moving onto land as an air-breathing adult.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2023
Aerojet develops and manufactures liquid and solid rocket propulsion, air-breathing hypersonic engines, and electric power and propulsion for space, defense, civil and commercial applications.
From Reuters ● Jan. 11, 2022
Therefore, they drown, just as any other air-breathing animal would drown under similar circumstances.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
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