Squalodon

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

  Squalodon \Squa"lo*don\ (skw[=a]"l[-o]*d[o^]n), n. [NL. Squalus
     a genus of sharks + Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.]
     (Paleon.)
     A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so
     called because their teeth are serrated, like a shark's.
     [1913 Webster]