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单词 coelacanths
释义

coelacanth /sēˈlə-kanth/

noun

Any of a group of primitive crossopterygian fishes all of which were thought to be extinct until 1938, when a living specimen of the genus Latimeria was discovered off the coast of E Africa

ORIGIN: From Gr koilos hollow, and akantha spine

coelacanˈthic adjective (facetious)

Ancient but worth preserving

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