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lati·meria (lat′ə mir′ē ə)

noun

a deep-sea coelacanth fish (Latimeria chalumnae) with large, circular scales and six of its seven fins lobelike: discovered in 1938 and found only near the Comoro Islands

Etymology: ModL, after M. E. D. Courtenay-Latimer (1907-2004), director of South African museum + -ia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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