Definition of Solenadon
So*le"no*don (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a
channel + &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a tooth.] (Zoöl.)
Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores,
allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native
of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S.
Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.
So*le"no*don (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a
channel + &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a tooth.] (Zoöl.)
Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores,
allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native
of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S.
Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- any of some species of small nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals from the Solenodontidae family, with a long snout and venomous saliva.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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