Thangorodrim

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Named by Leigh Van Valen after the fortress Thangorodrim in Tolkien's legendarium, which is in turn from Sindarin thang (“oppression”) + orodrim (“mountain chain”).

Proper noun

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†Thangorodrim m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arctocyonidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene, synonymized with Oxyclaenus.

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