Enchodus is an extinct genus of bony fish. It flourished during the Upper Cretaceous and was small to medium in size. One of the genus` most notable attributes are the large `fangs` at the front of the upper and lower jaws and on the palatine bones, leading to its misleading nickname among fossil hunters and paleoichthyologists, `the saber-too...
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• (n.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
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En'cho·dus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a spear +
'odoy`s ,
'odo`ntos , a tooth.]
(Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (
Esox ).
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