water-breather

Updated: July 24, 2026

Meanwhile, other changes which we could not see would have taken place; instead of the gills, which made the tadpole a water-breather, Master Froggie would have acquired lungs, like any land animal; the aquatic would have changed into an aerial, the herbivorous into a carnivorous creature, so that we may well say it has lived two lives.

Caroline Pridham - Twilight and Dawn: Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation