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lobe-finned fish vs coelacanth

coelacanth vs lobe-finned fish

lobe-finned fish and coelacanth both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lobe-finned fish Yes No No No
coelacanth Yes No No No
As nouns, coelacanth is a hyponym of lobe-finned fish; that is, coelacanth is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lobe-finned fish:
  • lobe-finned fish: any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
  • coelacanth: fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
Other hyponyms of lobe-finned fish include Latimeria chalumnae.
lobe-finned fish (noun) coelacanth (noun)
any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
Difference between lobe-finned fish and coelacanth

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