| 释义 |
lat·i·me·ri·idae
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_məˈrīəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latimeria, type genus + -idae
: a family of living deep-sea coelacanth fishes currently known only from the southern African genus Latimeria and the Malagasy genus Malania and having their nearest relatives among fishes that became extinct in the Mesozoic |