Ankalagon

Translingual

Etymology

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

Ankalagon m

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

References

• Ankalagon at Paleobiology Database