aqualung
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung.
Noun[edit]
aqualung (plural aqualungs)
- (underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Bulgarian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
- → Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)
- → Polish: akwalung
- → Portuguese: aqualung
- → Russian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
Translations[edit]
diving equipment — see also scuba
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Verb[edit]
aqualung (third-person singular simple present aqualungs, present participle aqualunging, simple past and past participle aqualunged)
- To scuba dive.
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqualung m (plural aqualungs)