| Pronunciation: | | 'seelu`kanth
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | |
[n] fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa |
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COELACANTH is a 10 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | Latimeria chalumnae |
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| | See Also: | | crossopterygian, genus Latimeria, Latimeria, lobefin, lobe-finned fish |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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