latimeria in British English
(ˌlætɪˈmɪərɪə)
noun
any coelacanth fish of the genus Latimeria
Word origin
C20: named after Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907–2004), South African museum curatorlatimeria in American English
(ˌlætəˈmɪriə)
noun
a deep-sea coelacanth fish (Latimeria chalumnae) with large, circular scales and six of its seven fins lobelike: discovered in 1938 and found only near the Comoro Islands
Word origin
ModL, after M. E. D. Courtenay-Latimer (1907-2004), director of South African museum + -iaImage oflatimeria
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Word lists withlatimeria
Types of fish- streptosolen
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- stresemann
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- stressless
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- stress position