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How to pronounce “coelacanth”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of coelacanth with real speech in context.
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- Nizar Ibrahim: How we unearthed the spinosaurus 6 minutes, 3 seconds
The river system was also home to a giant, car-sized coelacanth,
- Definition summary
- Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish, thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.
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How to pronounce coelacanth
Nizar Ibrahim: How we unearthed the spinosaurus 6 minutes, 3 seconds

The river system was also home to a giant, car-sized coelacanth,
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish, thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.
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