different between coelacanth vs coelacanthine

English

Alternative forms

• cœlacanth (obsolete)

Etymology

From the New Latin genus name Coelacanthus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (koîlos, “hollow”) + ?????? (ákantha, “spine”), referring to the hollow caudal fin rays of the first fossil specimen described and named by Louis Agassiz in 1839.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?.l?.kæn?/

Noun

coelacanth (plural coelacanths)

1. Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis of Indonesia.
2. Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years.

Translations

Further reading

• coelacanth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Latimeria chalumnae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Latimeria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Latimeria chalumnae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

English

Etymology

From coelacanth +? -ine.

Adjective

coelacanthine (comparative more coelacanthine, superlative most coelacanthine)

1. (ichthyology) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, a coelacanth (fish).
2. (figuratively) Extremely old-fashioned or atavistic.
   • 1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

     It must always be remembered that although to an adult a particular belief may seem like a coelacanthine survival from the past, to the schoolchild who learns it from his mate the belief is a novelty; it is something just learnt, and often excitingly full of possibility for his immediate welfare.

   • 2013, Justin Kaplan, Lincoln Steffens: Portrait of a Great American Journalist (page 166)

     […] but a few people, like Steffens, found him attractive not simply because he was rich and useful but also because he was an object of study, a coelacanthine oddity in the natural history of commerce.