opisthoglyphous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Whose teeth include an enlarged pair at the back of the maxillae which normally angle backwards and are grooved to channel venom into the puncture.

Word forms

opisthoglyphous

Etymology

From opisthoglyph + -ous.

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