potamogale

[ pot-uh-mog-uh-lee ]

noun

1. otter shrew.

Word History and Origins

Origin of potamogale¹

1875–80; < New Latin < Greek potamó ( s ) river + galê weasel

Example Sentences

Clavicles are well developed (except in Potamogale), and the humerus generally has an ent-epicondylar foramen.

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Clavicles are present, which is not the case with Potamogale.

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Even in the Otter-like Potamogale the upper jaw, though broad and flat, projects considerably beyond the lower.

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The tibia and fibula are distinct, not confluent with one another as in Potamogale.

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