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Definition of Acrodonts
1. acrodont [n] - See also: acrodont
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrodonts
Literary usage of Acrodonts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"Hence other acrodonts are equivalent, in this respect, to the young of Uromastix,
etc. The same thing occurs among the ..."
2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... lite those of Mosasaurus, to the summit of the alveolar ridge, and thence are
called ' acrodonts:' in all these lizards the maxillary and mandibular ..."
3. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"Hence other acrodonts are equivalent, in this respect, * This variability has
since been shown to exist in species of the if. ..."
4. Petrifactions and Their Teachings; Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1851)
"... base of a shallow socket, (thecodonts); and 5, attached to an osseous support
without sockets or an alveolar parapet (acrodonts), as in the Mosasaurus. ..."
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