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Meaning of PHOCODONTIA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pho`co*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a seal +
?, ?, a tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had
compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and
allied genera.
 
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