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rhinodons

rhinodons is the plural of rhinodon.

Meaning of rhinodon

Noun

rhinodon (plural rhinodons)

  1. (archaic, nonstandard, rare) A whale shark of the Indian Ocean.
    • But there were stories told me of how a harpooned rhinodon, having by a lightning-like dive exhausted the supply of rope, which had been accidentally fastened to the boat, dived deeper still, and so pulled pirogue and crew to the bottom" — as, being a true fish, it remains at the bottom as readily...1877, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Volume 54, page 154

Questions about rhinodons

What is rhinodons the plural of?
Rhinodons is the plural of rhinodon.

Words near rhinodons in the dictionary

  1. rhinocryptid
  2. rhinocryptids
  3. rhinodermatid
  4. rhinodermatids
  5. rhinodon
  6. rhinodons
  7. rhinodynia
  8. rhinoendoscopies
  9. rhinoendoscopy
  10. rhinoesque
  11. rhinofacial

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