latimeria chalumnae

1. 1.

   fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa

   Synonymscoelacanth

   Broadercrossopterygian

   Part ofLatimeria

Questions about latimeria chalumnae

What does latimeria chalumnae mean?

latimeria chalumnae means "fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa".

What is another word for latimeria chalumnae?

Close synonyms include coelacanth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.