ceratodus

[suh-rat-uh-duhs, ser-uh-toh-duhs]

ce·rat·o·dus

[suh-rat-uh-duhs, ser-uh-toh-duhs]
noun, plural ce·rat·o·dus·es.
a lungfish of either of two genera, Ceratodus or Neoceratodus, having hornlike ridges on the teeth.
Compare barramunda.


Origin:
1870–75; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to cerat- cerat- + -odus < Greek odoús tooth
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To ceratodus

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Ceratodus is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Collins
World English Dictionary
ceratodus (sɪˈrætədəs, ˌsɛrəˈtəʊdəs)
 
n , pl -duses
Compare barramunda any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
 
[C19: New Latin, from cerato- + Greek odous tooth]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT