aqualung

English

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.

Noun

aqualung (plural aqualungs)

  1. (underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater at depth.

Translations
diving equipment — See also translations at scuba

Verb

aqualung (third-person singular simple present aqualungs, present participle aqualunging, simple past and past participle aqualunged)

  1. To scuba dive.

Portuguese

Noun

aqualung m (plural aqualungs)

  1. (diving) aqualung (diving equipment)
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