Solenodon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Solenodon \So*le"no*don\, n. [Gr. ???? a channel + ????, ???, a
     tooth.] (Zool.)
     Either one of two species of singular West Indian
     insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species ({Solendon
     paradoxus}), native of St. Domingo, is called also {agouta};
     the other ({Solendon Cubanus}), found in Cuba, is called


     {almique}.
     [1913 Webster]