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simplicidentate

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sim⋅pli⋅ci⋅den⋅tate

  [sim-pluh-si-den-teyt]
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–adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
Origin:
< NL Simplicidentata group name, equiv. to L simplici- (s. of simplex) simplex + dentāta, n. use of neut. pl. of dentatus dentate
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