desmodont
Meanings
noun
- Any of a group of South American blood-sucking bats of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla.
adj
- Of hinge teeth: having a large ligamentous resilifer (or chondrophore) which replaces the cardinal teeth.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).
Synonyms
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