Ankalagon

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Translingual

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Etymology

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From Ancalagon the Black, a dragon in Tolkien's legendarium, formed from Sindarin anc (jaw) + alag (impetuous). The respelling was necessary due to the prior assignment of the genus Ancalagon to a priapulid worm.

Proper noun

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Ankalagon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mesonychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene.

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