solenodon
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.
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How to use solenodon in a sentence
The occurrence of one aberrant group (solenodon) in the West Indies is, however, noteworthy.
The other is a peculiar insectivore (solenodon paradoxus), the only other representatives of whose family are found in Madagascar.
British Dictionary definitions for solenodon
/ (səˈlɛnədən) /
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)
Origin of solenodon
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