coelacanth

/ˈsiləˌkænθ/
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Other forms: coelacanths

Definitions of coelacanth
  1. noun
    fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
    synonyms: Latimeria chalumnae
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    type of:
    crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish, lobefin
    any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
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