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Meaning of COELACANTH

Pronunciation:  'seelu`kanth

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
 

COELACANTH is a 10 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: Latimeria chalumnae
 
 See Also: crossopterygian, genus Latimeria, Latimeria, lobefin, lobe-finned fish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\C[oe]l"a*canth\ (? or ?), a. [Gr. ? hollow + ?
spine.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.

 

 

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