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Definition of Acrodont
1. Noun. An animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets.
Definition of Acrodont
1. n. One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
Definition of Acrodont
1. Adjective. having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge ¹
2. Noun. One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acrodont
1. an animal having rootless teeth [n -S]
Medical Definition of Acrodont
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrodont
Literary usage of Acrodont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"Further on he continues : ' Its dentition exhibits in an eminent degree the
acrodont character ; the teeth being supported on expanded conical bases ..."
2. Clinical Rheumatology: A Problem-oriented Approach to Diagnosis and Management by Roland W. Moskowitz (1921)
"... (2) resting on a slight ridge around them—acrodont dentition; (3) lodged in
permanent alveoli, as in the crocodile— thecodont dentition. ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"acrodont, Old World lizards, with laterally compressed body, prehensile tail and
well ... acrodont; tongue broad and thick, not protractile; no osteoderms. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"... exhibiting a larval type of dentition, and one characteristic of all lower
Sauria and Batrachia. The only acrodont type of ..."
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