See Also: zeuglodon(medicine)
zeuglodon(dictionary)

zeuglodon (iou)



zeuglodon noun. Also Zeuglodon. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek zeugle strap or loop of a yoke: see -ODON.]
Any of several primitive extinct whales of the genus Basilosaurus (formerly Zeuglodon) or family Zeuglodontidae, which had long narrow bodies and occurred in the Eocene.
zeuglodont noun & adjective (a) noun = ZEUGLODON; (b) adjective of or pertaining to this genus or family: M19.