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Rarecoelacanth
The correct spelling is coelacanth.
How to pronounce coelacanth
/ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/
nounIPA: /ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/
Say it like: Coe-lac-ant-h
The correct spelling is coelacanth. Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.
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Definition
noun
- 1.Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.
- 2.Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.
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