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Solenodon
So-le′no-don
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a channel + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], a tooth.]
(Zool.)
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 (Solendon Cubanus
), found in Cuba, is called almique
.