lung : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lung	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lung
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lung n either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lung \Lung\, n. [OE. lunge, AS. lunge, pl. lungen; akin to D. long, G. lunge, Icel. & Sw. lunga, Dan. lunge, all prob. from the root of E. light. [?] See {Light} not heavy.] (Anat.) An organ for a[89]rial respiration; -- commonly in the plural. My lungs began to crow like chanticleer. --Shak.