coelacanth

See also: cœlacanth

English

Latimeria chalumnae

Alternative forms

cœlacanth (obsolete)

Etymology

Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/
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Noun

coelacanth (plural coelacanths)

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

Translations

either of two species of deep-water fish

Assamese: চিলাকেন্থ (silakentho), চিলাকেন মাছ (silaken mas)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 矛尾魚 (māu^⁴mei^⁵yū^⁴)

Mandarin: 矛尾鱼 (zh) (máowěiyú)
Finnish: latimeria
French: cœlacanthe (fr) m
German: Quastenflosser (de) m
Greek: κοιλάκανθος (el) m (koilákanthos)

Italian: celacanto m
Japanese: シーラカンス (ja) (shīrakansu)
Occitan: celacant m
Portuguese: celacanto m
Russian: целака́нт (ru) m (celakánt), латиме́рия (ru) f (latimérija)
Spanish: celacanto m
Swedish: kvastfening c, havstofsstjärt c, tofsstjärtfisk c, blå kvastfening c
Sylheti: ꠍꠤꠟꠣꠇꠦꠘ ꠝꠣꠍ (silaxen mas)

any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes

Chinese:
Cantonese: 空棘魚 (hung^¹gig^¹yū^⁴)

Mandarin: 空棘鱼 (kōngjíyú)
Finnish: varsieväkala

Greek: κοιλάκανθος (el) m (koilákanthos)
Japanese: シーラカンス (ja) (shīrakansu)
Russian: целака́нт (ru) m (celakánt)
Swedish: lobfenig, kvastfening c

References

coelacanth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latimeria chalumnae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latimeria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latimeria chalumnae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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