coelacanthine

comparative more coelacanthine · superlative most coelacanthine

1. biologyPertaining to, or having the properties of, a coelacanth (fish).
2. figurativelyExtremely old-fashioned or atavistic.

   […] but a few people, like Steffens, found him attractive not simply because he was rich and useful but also because he was an object of study, a coelacanthine oddity in the natural history of commerce.

   2013, Justin Kaplan, Lincoln Steffens: Portrait of a Great American Journalist, page 166

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   It must always be remembered that although to an adult a particular belief may seem like a coelacanthine survival from the past, to the schoolchild who learns it from his mate the belief is a novelty; it is something just learnt, and often excitingly full of possibility for his immediate welfare.

   1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren