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Priodontes gigas
Tatou Ta*tou", n. [Cf. Tatouay.] (Zo["o]l.) The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves.
Sigmodontes
Sigmodont Sig"mo*dont, n. [Gr. ??? sigma (?) + ???, ???, a tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.

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- In Gr**** myth, dragon's teeth (Gr****: ὀδόντες (τοῦ) δράκοντος, odontes (tou) drakontos) feature prominently in the legends of the Phoenician prince Cadmus...
- Anisodon (Gr****: "unequal" (anisos), "teeth" (odontes)) is an extinct genus of chalicothere that lived in Europe during the late Miocene. It stood at...
- Diplacodon (Gr****: "double" (diplos), "point" (aki), "teeth" (odontes)) is a genus of prehistoric odd-toed ungulates in the family Brontotheriidae. It...
- romanized: kérato, lit. 'horn' and Ancient Gr****: ὀδόντες, romanized: odóntes, lit. 'teeth') or cornudentes (from Latin: cornū, lit. 'horn' and Latin:...
- cricetid teeth, hence the name: Neo-Latin cricetus 'hamster', Ancient Gr**** odóntes 'teeth'. The presence of these fossils in Eurasia is parsimonious, because...
- Bothriodon (Gr****: "pit" (botros), "teeth" (odontes)) is an extinct genus of anthracotheriid artiodactyl from the late Eocene to early Oligocene of Asia...