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acrodont, n. and a. Zool.|ˈækrədɒnt|
[f. Gr. ἄκρο-, see acro- + ὀδόντ-α tooth.]
A name given by Owen to lizards whose teeth are firmly soldered to the ridge of the jaw-bones. Used also as adj.
1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 884/1 In a few Iguanians..the teeth appear to be soldered to the margins of the jaws; these have been termed ‘Acrodonts.’ 1872Mivart Anat. 256 We may have teeth which become anchylosed to the summit of the jaw, there being no bony wall developed on either the inner or the outer side of the teeth, as in certain Lizards termed Acrodont. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 363 In its dentition Telerpeton seems to have been ‘acrodont.’ |