coelacanth

coelacanth Definition

coe·la·canth (sē′lə kant̸h′)

noun

any of an order (Coelacanthiformes) of lobefin fishes, now extinct except for the latimeria

Etymology: < ModL Coelacanthus < Gr koilos (see -coele) + akantha, thorn (see acantho-)

coelacanth Usage Examples

Converse of object

catch: If you can change the date to a day when its raining, you can catch Coelacanth.

Adjective modifier

live: However, in 1938 a live coelacanth was caught off the southeast coast of Africa!

coelacanth Quotes

Thenannyseemedtobe extinct until1975, when, likethe coelacanth, shesuddenlyand unexpectedly reappeared in the shape of Margaret Thatcher.

—Hoggart, Simon David

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