latimeria

noun

lat·​i·​me·​ria

ˌlatəˈmirēə

1

capitalized : a genus of living coelacanth fishes that is the type of the family Latimeriidae

2

plural -s : any fish of the genus Latimeria

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Marjorie E. D. Courtenay-Latimer, born 1907 South African museum director + New Latin -ia

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