English Explanatory Dictionary

pleurodont

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones

noun

Any reptile with teeth of this kind.

Word forms

pleurodont pleurodonts

Etymology

From pleur- + -odont.

Related words

thecodont acrodont

Derived words

pleurodonty subpleurodont

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