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'''Ancalagon''' can mean:- '''Ancalagon''' may refer to:
*], a ] worm found fossil in the ]. *], a dragon from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
*'']'' ], a fossil genus of priapulid worms
*A dragon in J.R.R.Tolkien's stories: described here.
*'']'', a Paleocene mesonychid mammal, originally named ''Ancalagon'' and later renamed
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'''Ancalagon the Black''' was a ] in the fiction of ].
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The Dark Lord ] bred Ancalagon ("Rushing jaws") during the ] to be the greatest and mightiest of all dragons, and the first of the winged 'fire-drakes'. During the brief ] that pitted Morgoth's armies against the host of the ], Morgoth sent Ancalagon forth from the fortress of ] to destroy the Dark Lord's enemies. So powerful was the dragon that even the Valar host was driven back.


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But ] 'The Blessed' in his powerfully hallowed ] airborne ship ] duelled with Ancalagon for an entire day, until Eärendil at length prevailed, pitching Ancalagon onto the triple-peaked towers of ], destroying both him and them. With his mightiest defender slain, Morgoth was soon utterly defeated.

Ancalagon was said to have been so large that he blotted out the Sun. ] later said that Ancalagon's fire-breath was hotter than that of any other dragon in history, but still not hot enough to destroy ].

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