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pulmo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jellyfish noun A soft-bodied, mostly transparent sea creature with a bell-shaped body and trailing tentacles, often capable of stinging.
  • lung noun One of the pair of organs in the chest that breathe in air and pass oxygen into the blood.

Senses

pulmo is used for these senses in English:

  • jellyfish An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.
  • lung (anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.

lung — full definition

  1. noun One of the pair of organs in the chest that breathe in air and pass oxygen into the blood.
  2. noun Figuratively, something that supplies fresh air to a place, such as parks or forests in a city.

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