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aqualung

noun

Etymology

Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung.

  1. derived from *h₁lengʷʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *lunganjō✻
  3. inherited from lungen
  4. inherited from lunge
  5. prefixed as aqualung — “aqua + lung”

Definitions

  1. A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers…

    A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.

  2. To scuba dive.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA