a. and sb. Zool. [ad. mod.L. Clacanthus, name of the typical genus, f. Gr. κοῖλ-ος hollow + ἄκανθ-α spine.]
A. adj. Having a hollow spine; said of an extinct family of fishes. B. sb. A fish of the genus Cœlacanthus or the family Cœlacanthidæ.
Hence Cœlacanthid, a member of the above family. Cœlacanthine a. [cf. Cœlacanthini, Huxley’s name for the family], pertaining to the Cœlacanths. Cœlacanthoid, Cœlacanthous a., like, or of the nature of, the Cœlacanths.
1864. in Webster, Cœlacanth (adj.).
