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BOOK LUNG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does book lung mean?
• BOOK LUNG (noun)
The noun BOOK LUNG has 1 sense:
1. organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book
Familiarity information: BOOK LUNG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("book lung" is a kind of...):
respiratory organ (any organ involved in the process of respiration)
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