coelacanth

名词 coelacanth:

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

coe.la.canth

n.（名词）
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.
腔棘鱼：腔棘鱼科的一种大部已灭绝的鱼，直到938年发现其仅有的一个活着的类种——非洲海水系的Latimeria chalumnae 之前，仅知其为化石形式存在

来源：
New Latin Coelacanthus [former genus name]
现代拉丁语 Coelacanthus [以前的属名]
coel- [hollow] from Greek koilos * see -coel
coel- [中空的] 源自 希腊语 koilos *参见 -coel
acanthus [-spined] from Greek akantha [spine]
acanthus [后缀，表.有刺的.] 源自 希腊语 akantha [脊骨]

【引伸】
coe.lacan.thine.
coe.lacan.thous