HyperDic: genus_latimeria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Latimeria:
NOUNanimalgenus Latimeria, Latimeriatype genus of the Latimeridae
English > genus Latimeria: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth.
SynonymLatimeria
Member ofLatimeridae, family LatimeridaeExtinct except for the coelacanth
Memberscoelacanth, Latimeria chalumnaefish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
Broaderfish genusAny of various genus of fish
Spanishgénero Latimeria, genus latimeria, latimeria, Latimeria
Catalangenus latimeria, latimeria

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