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coelacanth

/ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/

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noun

/ˈsiː.lə.kænθ/C2formalscientific
  • ruРедкая морская рыба, которая считалась вымершей с мелового периода, пока живой экземпляр не был обнаружен у побережья Африки в 1938 году.

A rare marine fish that was believed to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period until a living specimen was discovered off the coast of Africa in 1938.

  1. Rare prehistoric fishC2formalscientific

    A large, slow-moving fish with lobed fins, once thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs but rediscovered in 1938 off the coast of South Africa.

    ruРедкая доисторическая рыба

    • The coelacanth is often called a living fossil because it has remained unchanged for millions of years.
    • Marine biologists were astonished when a living coelacanth was caught in 1938.
    • Coelacanths live in deep underwater caves and can grow up to two meters long.
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