| 释义 |
coelacanth/ˈsi:ləkænθ/n. a large bony marine fish, Latimeria chalumnae, with a three-lobed tail-fin and fleshy pectoral fins, thought to be related to the ancestors of land vertebrates and known only from fossils until 1938 空棘鱼类的鱼，腔棘鱼类的鱼(一种矛尾鱼属海洋硬骨鱼，其尾鳍为三瓣裂叶状，胸鳍则多肉，据说与陆上脊椎动物的祖先有亲缘关系) [modern Latin Coelacanthus, from Greek koilos ‘hollow’ + akantha ‘spine’] |