Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Anodonta.
  • noun In herpetology, a genus of African serpents, of the family Dasypeltidœ or Rhachiodontidœ, which have no grooved maxillary teeth. Also called Diodon, Rhachiodon, and Dasypeltis.
  • noun In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects.
  • noun [lowercase] [⟨ anodont.] A fresh-water mussel of the genus Anodonta (which see).
  • noun [lowercase] A snake of the genus Dasypeltis: as, the rough anodon, Dasypeltis scabra.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any of the genus Anodon, now Anondonta of freshwater bivalves.

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  • The anodon or fresh water mussel used to be found in Fisher's Pond on

    John Keble's Parishes Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

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