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单词 solenodon
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
so•le•no•don  (sə lēnə don′, -lenə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalseither 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. paradoxusis an endangered species;
    S. cubanus is rare and possibly endangered.
  • Greek sōlé̄n channel, pipe, syringe + -odōn -toothed (see -odont)
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
solenodon /səˈlɛnədən/ n
  1. 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)
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Latin sōlēn sea mussel, razor-shell (from Greek: pipe) + Greek odōn tooth
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