† phocodontn.adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek ϕώκη , -odont comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕώκη seal (see phoca n.) + -odont comb. form, after scientific Latin Phocodontia, former division name (T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals (1871) 411). Compare scientific Latin Phocodon, genus name (L. Agassiz in G. Valentin Repertorium für Anat. u. Physiol. VI. (1841) 236). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fō^u·kŏdǫnt) /ˈfəʊkədɒnt/.

Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A. n.

An extinct whale of the former division Phocodontia, which comprised certain whales of the Tertiary period having teeth resembling those of seals.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/1 Phocodont, one of the Phocodontia.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the former division Phocodontia of extinct whales.

ΚΠ

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Phocodontia Phocodont, a. & n.

Derivatives

† phocodontic adj. Obsolete rare = B.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/1 Phocodontic, pertaining to the Phocodontia, or having their characters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	phocodont
释义	† phocodontn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Greek ϕώκη , -odont comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕώκη seal (see phoca n.) + -odont comb. form, after scientific Latin Phocodontia, former division name (T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals (1871) 411). Compare scientific Latin Phocodon, genus name (L. Agassiz in G. Valentin Repertorium für Anat. u. Physiol. VI. (1841) 236). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fō^u·kŏdǫnt) /ˈfəʊkədɒnt/. Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A. n. An extinct whale of the former division Phocodontia, which comprised certain whales of the Tertiary period having teeth resembling those of seals. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/1 Phocodont, one of the Phocodontia. B. adj. Of or relating to the former division Phocodontia of extinct whales. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Phocodontia Phocodont, a. & n. Derivatives † phocodontic adj. Obsolete rare = B.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. 4449/1 Phocodontic, pertaining to the Phocodontia, or having their characters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.1890
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