NOUN | animal | genus Latimeria, Latimeria | type genus of the Latimeridae |
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Meaning | type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth. | |
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Synonym | Latimeria | |
Member of | Latimeridae, family Latimeridae | Extinct except for the coelacanth |
Members | coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae | fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa |
Broader | fish genus | Any of various genus of fish |
Spanish | género Latimeria, genus latimeria, latimeria, Latimeria | |
Catalan | genus latimeria, latimeria |
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