latimerian.

/latɪˈmɪərɪə/

Etymology: modern Latin (J. L. B. Smith 1939, in Nature 18 Mar. 456/2), < name of Marjorie E. D. Courtenay-Latimer (1907–2004), director of the East London Museum (South Africa) at the time of the discovery + -ia suffix¹.

A large marine fish of the genus so called, the only living representative of the order of crossopterygian fishes Actinistia, which was discovered in deep water off the south-east coast of Africa in 1938; = cœlacanth adj. and n.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [noun] > subclass Crossopterygii or order Coelacanthiformes > member of

cœlacanth1857

crossopterygian1861

latimeria1940

lobe-fin1941

Old Fourlegs1956

1940 Nature 13 July 53/1 The exceptionally oily nature of Latimeria..is interesting geologically.

1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action v. 128 Latimeria is the name of a rather primitive kind of fish, more nearly related to lung-fish than to modern Teleosts, one single specimen of which was recently brought up alive by a fishing vessel off the coast of South Africa.

1956 J. L. B. Smith Old Fourlegs 236 All [cœlacanths] have been large fishes..with fins like Latimeria.

1968 A. S. Romer Procession of Life viii. 166 (caption) Latimeria, about five feet long, is the last surviving coelacanth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	latimeria
释义	latimerian. /latɪˈmɪərɪə/ Etymology: modern Latin (J. L. B. Smith 1939, in Nature 18 Mar. 456/2), < name of Marjorie E. D. Courtenay-Latimer (1907–2004), director of the East London Museum (South Africa) at the time of the discovery + -ia suffix¹. A large marine fish of the genus so called, the only living representative of the order of crossopterygian fishes Actinistia, which was discovered in deep water off the south-east coast of Africa in 1938; = cœlacanth adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > [noun] > subclass Crossopterygii or order Coelacanthiformes > member of cœlacanth1857 crossopterygian1861 latimeria1940 lobe-fin1941 Old Fourlegs1956 1940 Nature 13 July 53/1 The exceptionally oily nature of Latimeria..is interesting geologically. 1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action v. 128 Latimeria is the name of a rather primitive kind of fish, more nearly related to lung-fish than to modern Teleosts, one single specimen of which was recently brought up alive by a fishing vessel off the coast of South Africa. 1956 J. L. B. Smith Old Fourlegs 236 All [cœlacanths] have been large fishes..with fins like Latimeria. 1968 A. S. Romer Procession of Life viii. 166 (caption) Latimeria, about five feet long, is the last surviving coelacanth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1940
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