English Explanatory Dictionary

aqualung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
verb
  1. To scuba dive.

Word forms

aqualung aqualungs aqualunging aqualunged

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.

Derived words

aqualunger aqualungist
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