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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fossil fishes, of Cretaceous age, referred to the Sphyrænidæ, or made type of the Saurodontidæ.
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To European reptiles, the American formation adds a gigantic one, styled the saurodon, from the lizard-like character of its teeth.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836
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