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Definition of Homodont
1. a. Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.
Definition of Homodont
1. Adjective. (zoology) Having teeth that are all of the same type ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homodont
1. having teeth all alike [adj]
Medical Definition of Homodont
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Homodont
Literary usage of Homodont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Dental Anatomy, Human and Comparative by Charles Sissmore Tomes (1890)
"The nine-banded armadillo (Tatusia peba) is a true homodont : its teeth are all
very nearly alike, they are simple in form, and they grow from persistent ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"It is highly probable that the separation of the homodont Mammals, represented
by the existing and extinct Edentata (which for many reasons should be ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Their dentition is therefore known as " homodont." Another characteristic is that
in almost all of ... \Vith a few exceptions a homodont dentition is also ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"We might jump to the conclusion that this gives us an explanation of the homodont
and ... in the bats .the first series is homodont; the second is ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"We might jump to the conclusion that this gives us an explanation of the homodont
and apparently ... in the bats the first series is homodont; the second is ..."
6. Studies in Comparative Odontology by Arthur Swayne Underwood (1903)
"They are homodont, and, except Tatusia and Orycteropus, ... All the order develop
but one set of teeth (homodont), with the exception of Tatusia peba, ..."
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