different between finned vs coelacanth

English

Etymology

fin +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Adjective

finned (not comparable)

1. Having fins.

Verb

finned

1. simple past tense and past participle of fin

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

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