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‖ Zeuglodon Palæont.|ˈzjuːgləʊdɒn|
[mod.L. (Owen, 1839), f. Gr. ζεύγλη strap or loop of a yoke + ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth.]
A genus of extinct cetaceans of a primitive type, whose fossil remains are found in the Eocene. Hence ˈzeuglodont, n. a cetacean of this genus; a. belonging to this genus; zeugloˈdontoid [-oid], a. having the characters of this genus, or belonging to the family Zeuglodontidæ; n. a cetacean of this family.
1839Owen in Trans. Geol. Soc. Lond. Ser. ii. VI. 75 The microscopic characters of the texture of the teeth of the Zeuglodon are strictly of a mammiferous character. 1857Agassiz Contrib. Nat. Hist. U.S. I. 116 The Zeuglodonts [are] embryonic Sirenidæ. 1883Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 393/2 The earliest Cetaceans of whose organization we have anything like complete evidence are the Zeuglodons of the Eocene period. 1885J. Phillips' Man. Geol. II. 650 Whales of the Zeuglodont family. 1892Athenæum 12 Nov. 667/3 Zeuglodont and other cetacean remains from the tertiaries of the Caucasus. |