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Meaning of XIPHODON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Xiph"o*don\, n. [Gr. xi`fos a sword + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the
European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs,
didactylous feet, and small canine teeth.
 
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