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secodont, a. Zool.|ˈsɛkəʊdɒnt|
[f. L. sec-āre to cut + Gr. ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth.]
Of a tooth: adapted or suited for cutting. Of an animal: having such teeth.
1891Flower & Lydekker Introd. Mammals 32 Trituberculism differentiating into a secodont and a bunodont series, according as to whether the dentition becomes of a cutting or a crushing type. 1968R. Zangerl tr. Peyer's Compar. Odontol. 244 Both upper and lower carnassials [in modern carnivores] are secodont; that is, they have sharp cutting edges that run parallel to the edge of the jaw. |