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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the
Latimeridae , including the coelacanth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth
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The Coelacanth, a species of fish bearing the scientific name Latimeria chalumnae, for a long time was considered to be the best evidence of a transitional form between fish and amphibians.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The Coelacanth, a species of fish bearing the scientific name Latimeria chalumnae, for a long time was considered to be the best evidence of a transitional form between fish and amphibians.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The Coelacanth, a species of fish bearing the scientific name Latimeria chalumnae, for a long time was considered to be the best evidence of a transitional form between fish and amphibians.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The Coelacanth, a species of fish bearing the scientific name Latimeria chalumnae, for a long time was considered to be the best evidence of a transitional form between fish and amphibians.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The fishes only live in western South Africa waters and eastern Indonesian waters, called Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis, respectively.
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In Romer Hall at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a preserved specimen of one of two living coelacanth species (genus Latimeria).
Howard Hughes Wanders Out Among the Artifacts nineweaving 2010
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Smith movingly wrote of the moment when he first cast eyes on this astonishing find, to which he had been summoned by its discoverer, Margaret Latimer he later named it Latimeria, to give his expert opinion:
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Smith movingly wrote of the moment when he first cast eyes on this astonishing find, to which he had been summoned by its discoverer, Margaret Latimer he later named it Latimeria, to give his expert opinion:
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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And the specimens that survive today, Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis, are of an entirely different genus than the ones that went extinct long ago.
Dikika Hominid Revisited Devolving Into Tiktaalik Revisited Christopher O'Brien 2006
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And the specimens that survive today, Latimeria chalumnae and Latimeria menadoensis, are of an entirely different genus than the ones that went extinct long ago.
Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006
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