English Explanatory Dictionary

cyrtomatodont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hook-shaped, interlocking.
noun
  1. A knob- or hook-shaped hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.
  2. A shell or organism with such dentition.

Word forms

cyrtomatodont cyrtomatodonts

Etymology

See cyrto- / κυρτός (kurtós), -odont / ὀδούς (odoús).

Antonyms

deltidiodont
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