COELACANTH

Meaning of COELACANTH in English

n. a large bony marine fish, Latimeria chalumnae, formerly thought to be extinct, having a trilobed tail-fin and fleshy pectoral fins.

Etymology: mod.L Coelacanthus f. Gk koilos hollow + akantha spine

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

COELACANTH — noun see: cave Date: 1857 any of an order (Coelacanthiformes) of lobe-finned fishes known chiefly from Paleozoic and Mesozoic fossils
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COELACANTH — Any lobe-finned bony fish of the order Crossopterygii. Members of an extinct suborder are considered to have been the ancestors …
Английский словарь Британика
COELACANTH — I. ˈsēləˌkanth adjective or coe·la·can·thid | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kan(t)thə̇d Etymology: New Latin Coelacanthidae : of or belonging to the family Coelacanthidae II. noun …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COELACANTH — (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
Английский словарь Webster
COELACANTH — ( a. ) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COELACANTH — — coelacanthine /see'leuh kan"thuyn, -thin/ , adj. /see"leuh kanth'/ , n. a crossopterygian fish, Latimeria chalumnae, thought to have been …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COELACANTH — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek koilos hollow + akantha spine — more at cave Date: 1857 : any of an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COELACANTH — adj having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
Webster English vocab
COELACANTH — [ 'si:ləkanθ ] ■ noun a large bony marine fish with a three-lobed tail fin and fleshy pectoral fins, known …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COELACANTH — [coe.la.canth] n [ultim. fr. Gk koilos hollow + akantha spine--more at cave] (1857): any of an order (Coelacanthiformes) of lobe-finned …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COELACANTH — any of the lobe-finned bony fishes of the order Crossopterygii. Members of the related but extinct suborder Rhipidistia are considered …
Britannica English vocabulary
COELACANTH — coelacanth BrE AmE ˈsiːl ə kæn t θ ▷ coelacanth|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COELACANTH — / ˈsiːləkænθ; NAmE / noun a large fish found mainly in the seas near Madagascar. It was thought to be …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COELACANTH — coe·la·canth /ˈsiːləkænθ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a large fish that was thought to have become ↑ extinct millions of years …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COELACANTH — n. a large bony marine fish, Latimeria chalumnae, formerly thought to be extinct, having a trilobed tail-fin and fleshy pectoral …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COELACANTH — n. a large bony marine fish, Latimeria chalumnae, formerly thought to be extinct, having a trilobed tail-fin and fleshy pectoral …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COELACANTH — n. Any lobe-finned bony fish of the order Crossopterygii. Members of an extinct suborder are considered to have been the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COELACANTH — зоол. целакант, латимерия (зоология) целакант, латимерия (Latimeria chalumnae)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COELACANTH — Целакант
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
COELACANTH — n зоол. целакант, латимерия ( Latimeria chalumnae )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COELACANTH — зоол. целакант, латимерия (рыба из группы кистепёрых рыб, вымерших в меловой период)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
COELACANTH — (n) латимерия; целакант
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
COELACANTH — n зоол. целакант, латимерия ( Latimeria chalumnae )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
COELACANTH — n зоол. целакант, латимерия ( Latimeria chalumnae )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COELACANTH — ихт. латимерия (Latimeria)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COELACANTH — ихт. латимерия ( Latimeria )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
COELACANTH — Целакант
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
COELACANTH — зоол. целакант, латимерия (зоология) целакант, латимерия (Latimeria chalumnae)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COELACANTH — n. Pronunciation: ' s ē -l ə - ˌ kan(t)th Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek koilos hollow + akantha …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COELACANTHID — I. adjective see coelacanth I II. noun see coelacanth II
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROSSOPTERYGIAN — any member of the subclass Crossopterygii, a group of lobe-finned, bony fishes believed to have given rise to the amphibians …
Britannica English vocabulary

Oxford English vocab

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