pleurodont
fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
having teeth so fused or attached, as certain lizards.
a pleurodont animal.
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How to use pleurodont in a sentence
These teeth are pleurodont, that is, are ankylosed by their bases and outer sides to the margin of the jaw.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIn their general structure the Iguanidae closely resemble the Agamidae, from which they differ mainly by the pleurodont dentition.
pleurodont lizards with well-developed limbs; without temporal bony arches; postthoracic ribs united across the abdomen.
Trogonophis, Pachycalamus and Agamodon of Africa are all acrodont; the other genera are pleurodont.
Yet pleurodont lizards, strange to say, are found in Madagascar.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George Mivart
British Dictionary definitions for pleurodont
/ (ˈplʊərəʊˌdɒnt) /
(of the teeth of some reptiles) having no roots and being fused by their lateral sides only to the inner surface of the jawbone: See also acrodont (def. 1)
having pleurodont teeth: pleurodont lizards
an animal having pleurodont teeth
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