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Acrodont

Acrodont Meaning & Definition
Acrodont Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acrodont?

[n] an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets

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See Also | animal | animate being | beast | brute | creature | fauna

Acrodont In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"ro*dont\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros summit + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.

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