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CUNODONTES

Volume 7 · 44 words · 1823 Edition

a people mentioned by Solinus and Isidorus, and by them supposed to have the teeth of dogs. They were probably denominated, says Dr Bryant, from the object of their worship, the deity Chan-Adon, which the Greeks expressed Κούρασις, and thence called his votaries Cunodontes.