COELACANTH

coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae

(noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coelacanth (plural coelacanths)

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.

Source: Wiktionary


Coel"a*canth ( or , a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

coffee icon