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hybodont, n. and a.|ˈhɪbəʊdɒnt|
[f. Gr. ὕβος hump, ὑβός hump-backed + ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth.]
A. n. A shark of the extinct genus Hybodon or family Hybodontidæ, with conical compressed teeth.
1847Carpenter Zool. §589 Intermediate between these [Cestracionts] and the ordinary Sharks was another family, to which the name of Hybodonts has been given. 1862Dana Man. Geol. 278 note. 1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 388.
B. adj. Belonging to this family of fishes.
1872Nicholson Palæont. 339 The teeth are of what is called the ‘Hybodont’ form, having a general conical shape. |