rhinodon

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rhinodon

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From Ancient Greek ῥίνη (rhínē, “rasp”) + translingual -odon.

noun rhinodons

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 a

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@misc{rhinodon_2026,
  title = {rhinodon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhinodon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}