coelacanth

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Synonyms: coelacanths

Antonyms: coelacanths

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Noun

1. Any of the class {{taxfmt|Actinistia|class}} of primitive {{vern|lobe-finned fish}} in the order {{taxfmt|Coelacanthiformes|order}}—thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough [[elasmoid]] scales that act as armor.

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