The coelacanth inhabits the deep sea.
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Coelacanth
//ˈsiː.lə.kænθ//
Synonyms for "coelacanth" (3 found)
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25 translations across 20 languages.
Assamese
2 entries- চিলাকেন মাছ noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
- চিলাকেন্থ noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 矛尾魚 /矛尾鱼 noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 矛尾魚 /矛尾鱼 noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Finnish
1 entries- latimeria noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
French
1 entries- cœlacanthe noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
German
1 entries- Quastenflosser noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Greek
1 entries- κοιλάκανθος noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Hungarian
1 entries- bojtosúszós maradványhal noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Indonesian
1 entries- ikan raja laut noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Italian
1 entries- celacanto noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Japanese
1 entries- シーラカンス noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Occitan
1 entries- celacant noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Polish
1 entries- latimeria noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Portuguese
1 entries- celacanto noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Romanian
1 entries- celacant noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Russian
2 entries- латиме́рия noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
- целака́нт noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Spanish
1 entries- celacanto noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Swedish
4 entries- blå kvastfening noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
- havstofsstjärt noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
- kvastfening noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
- tofsstjärtfisk noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠍꠤꠟꠣꠇꠦꠘ ꠝꠣꠍ noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cá vây tay noun (either of two species of deep-water fish)
Sample sentences
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A paleontologist in Texas has identified a new species of coelacanth, an ancient fish most closely related to land-dwelling vertebrates, including humans.
Source: tatoeba (11505341)
Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids.
Source: wiktionary
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