Solenodon \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)