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Webster's 1913 Dictionary\C[oe]l"a*canth\ (? or ?), a. [Gr. ? hollow + ? spine.] (Zo["o]l.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
| Pronunciation: | 'seelu`kanth | ||
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| Definition: | [n] fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa | ||
| Synonyms: | Latimeria chalumnae | ||
| See Also: | crossopterygian, genus Latimeria, Latimeria, lobefin, lobe-finned fish | ||
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| Definition: | \C[oe]l"a*canth\ (? or ?), a. [Gr. ? hollow + ? spine.] (Zo["o]l.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes. | ||
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