Queensland lungfish

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a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, reaching a length of six feet: occurs in Queensland rivers but introduced elsewhere

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Words nearby Queensland lungfish

Queensland, Queensland arrowroot, Queensland blue, Queensland cane toad, Queenslander, Queensland lungfish, Queensland nut, Queen's pattern, queen's-pawn openings, Queen's proctor, Queen's Regulations

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How to use Queensland lungfish in a sentence

He last visited Australia in March 2011 to visit flood-damaged areas of Queensland and Victoria.
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Harry spent time in Australia in 2003 during his gap year, working as a “jackaroo” at a Queensland cattle station.
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Australia Ever Present: Photographs From the Collection 1850–1975, Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, June 8–October 7.
Best of Art for June|William O’Connor|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Quilts 1700–1945, Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, June 15–September 22.
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Tropical cyclone Oswald has produced a blanketing of sea foam in parts of Queensland, Australia.
A Giant Bubble Bath|Ilana Glazer|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They called him "Stiffner" because he used, long before, to get a living by poisoning wild dogs near the Queensland border.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson
At a given signal one boat leaves for Wentworth, and the other starts for the Queensland border.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson
It is closely related to the Barramunda of the Queensland rivers belonging to the order Dipnoi.
The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology|J. E. Marr
During the following year, 1891, there was a tough struggle in Queensland, where shearing began with the first month.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge
Let the Queensland sugar fields, and the seven millions sunk in them, revert to the desert waste they were before.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge