\So*le"no*don\, n. [Gr. ???? a channel + ????, ???, a
tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
Either one of two species of singular West Indian
insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species ({Solendon
paradoxus}), native of St. Domingo, is called also {agouta};
the other ({S. Cubanus}), found in Cuba, is called {almique}.