squalodon
Squalodon
Squa"lo*don\, n. [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks + Gr. ?, ?, a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's.
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