coelacanth coeffluential • coelacanthid · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · coelacanth · · Text Latin · · Script 10 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa. Synonyms: Latimeria chalumnae. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · latimeria chalumnae · · Synonym 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074