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

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