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Definitions for Solenodon
[1] either of two insectivores of the genus Solenodon, resembling a large shrew and having small eyes, a long and pointy snout, and a scaly tail, including the coarse-haired, reddish-brown to grayish-black S. paradoxus of Hispaniola and the finer-haired, usually darker S. cubanus of Cuba: S. paradoxus is an endangered species; S. cubanus is rare and possibly endangered.
[2] either of two rare shrewlike nocturnal mammals of the Caribbean, Atopogale cubana (Cuban solenodon ) or Solenodon paradoxus (Haitian solenodon ), having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
Words nearby Solenodon
solemnify, solemnity, solemnize, solenette, solenocyte, solenodon, solenogaster, solenoid, solenoidal, solent, soleplate
Origin of Solenodon
1830–40; < New Latin < Greek sōlḗn channel, pipe, syringe + -odōn -toothed (see -odont)
Word origin for Solenodon
C19: from New Latin, from Latin sōlēn sea mussel, razor-shell (from Greek: pipe) + Greek odōn tooth