Meaning Of The Word Coelacanth
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Coelacanth Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Coelacanth?
coelacanth in American English
any of an order (Coelacanthiformes) of lobefin fishes, now extinct except for the latimeria noun: a crossopterygian fish, Latimeria chalumnae, thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of southern Africa coelacanth in British English noun: a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938 |
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