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‖ Condylura Zool.|kɒndɪˈl(j)ʊəra|
[mod.L. (Illiger), f. Gr. κόνδυλος (see condyle) + οὐρά tail, a name given from the knotty appearance of the tail in dried specimens.]
Generic name of the Star-nosed Mole of North America.
[1829Sir J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Amer. I. 284.] 1837Penny Cycl. VII. 443/1 Condylura, Illiger's name for a genus of insectivorous mammifers. 1860W. S. Dallas Anim. Kingd. 762 In the genus Condylura..the nose is surrounded by a number of small moveable cartilaginous filaments, which radiate somewhat in the form of a star, and are doubtless employed as organs of touch. |