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Webster 1913 Edition

Phocodontia

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Phoˊco-don′ti-a

(fōˊkō̍-dŏn′shĭ-ȧ)

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

φώκη

a seal +

ὀδούς

,

ὀδόντος

, a tooth.]

(Zool.)

A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes

Squalodon

and allied genera.