名詞 coelacanth:

1. fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
   同義詞：Latimeria chalumnae

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n.（名詞）
Any of various mostly extinct fishes of the order Coelacanthiformes, known only in fossil form until a single living species,Latimeria chalumnae of African marine waters, was identified in 938.
腔棘魚：腔棘魚科的一種大部已滅絕的魚，直到938年發(fā)現(xiàn)其僅有的一個活著的類種——非洲海水系的Latimeria chalumnae 之前，僅知其為化石形式存在

來源：
New Latin Coelacanthus [former genus name]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語 Coelacanthus [以前的屬名]
coel- [hollow] from Greek koilos * see -coel
coel- [中空的] 源自 希臘語 koilos *參見 -coel
acanthus [-spined] from Greek akantha [spine]
acanthus [后綴，表.有刺的.] 源自 希臘語 akantha [脊骨]

【引伸】
coe.lacan.thine.
coe.lacan.thous