Ankalagon
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Ankalagon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Mesonychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene.