coelacanth
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/ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/
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Definitions
noun
- Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.
- Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.
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latimeria chalumnaecœlacanthcoelacanthoidcoelacanthiformlatimeriidlatimeridmalacanthidnotacanthidlatescachalotlemonfishdevilfishlantselacianlabeoninenotacanthiform