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Definition of Cœlacanth
1. Noun. Either of two species of deep-water fish, ''Latimeria chalumnae'' of the Indian Ocean and ''L. menadoensis'' of Indonesia. ¹
2. Noun. Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years. ¹
3. Noun. A species of deep-water fish of the Indian Ocean, ''Latimeria chalumnae'', thought until 1938 (C.E.) to have been (extinct) for 70 million years. ¹
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