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coelacanths

coelacanths is the plural of coelacanth.

Meaning of coelacanth

Noun

coelacanth (plural coelacanths)

  1. Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes—thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.
    • Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 32
    1. Either of the two extant species in this group; the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) or the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis).

Proper noun capitalized: Coelacanths

Coelacanths

  1. the Comoros national football team

Questions about coelacanths

What does coelacanths mean?
Coelacanths means the Comoros national football team.
What is coelacanths the plural of?
Coelacanths is the plural of coelacanth.
What part of speech is coelacanths?
Coelacanths is a proper noun.

Words near coelacanths in the dictionary

  1. coelacanthiforms
  2. coelacanthine
  3. coelacanthoid
  4. coelacanthoids
  5. coelacanthous
  6. coelacanths
  7. coelanaglyphic
  8. Coelbren
  9. coelder
  10. coelders
  11. Coele

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