English Explanatory Dictionary

hypsodont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores)

noun

Any organism whose teeth have large crowns.

Word forms

hypsodont hypsodonts

Etymology

From hypso- + -odont.

Antonyms

brachydont

Derived words

euhypsodont hypsodoncy hypsodonty protohypsodont subhypsodont

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