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χαυλῐόδους

chauliodous · ὁ

with outstanding teeth

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What it meant — LSJ

I with outstanding teeth, tusks

of animals, with outstanding teeth or tusks, κάπρος χ. (where most codd. χαυλιόδων, contr. to the rule of Hdn. Epim. 208, that the correct forms are χαυλιόδους and χαυλιώδων), Hes. Sc. 387, cf. Arist. l.c., 663a7; χ. γένεθλα Opp. C. 3.6.

II tusks, tushes

Subst., of projecting teeth, tusks, tushes, ἔχει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] ὀδόντας μεγάλους καὶ χαυλιόδοντας Hdt. 2.68; τετράπουν χαυλιόδοντας φαῖνον, of the hippo-potamus, Id. 2.71, cf. D.S. 1.35; opp. καρχαρόδους, Arist. HA 501a15, PA 661b18, cf. HA 538b21.

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