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coelacanth

The correct spelling is coelacanth.

How to pronounce coelacanth

/ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.
  2. 2.Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.

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