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(skwā′lō̍-dŏn)

Noun.

[NL.

Squalus

a genus of sharks + Gr.

ὀδούς

ὀδόντος

, a tooth.]

(Paleon.)

A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; – so called because their teeth are serrated, like a shark’s.

squalodon ‎(plural squalodons)

(paleontology) Any of a genus of extinct whales with serrated teeth, belonging to the Squalodontidae.