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Latimeria

NOUN
  1. type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth

How To Use Latimeria In A Sentence

  • The paired fins of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri (another living fossil), are similar to those of Latimeria.
  • Latimeria is a ‘living fossil,’ a single surviving species of the old lineage of crossopterygian fishes.
  • The lanceolate tail fin with the many-rayed upper and lower margins and central little supplementary fin projecting beyond the fin margin distinguishes Latimeria from all other living fishes.
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