Latimeria chalumnae la·ti·me·riachalumnae uncommon noun 1. fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous Period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa SynonymscoelacanthLatimeria chalumnae Related words Broader terms crossopterygian Parts Latimeria WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
