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selenodont, a. and n.|sɪˈliːnəʊdɒnt|
[f. Gr. σελήν-η moon + ὀδοντ- tooth.]
a. adj. Of molar teeth: Having crescentic ridges on the crowns. Also, having such teeth, of or pertaining to the Selenodonta.
b. n. A selenodont animal.
1883Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 429/2 The grinding surfaces of the molar teeth either of a distinctly tubercular (bunodont) or of a crescentic (selenodont) form. Ibid. 430/1 The Selenodont Artiodactyles. 1891Flower & Lydekker Introd. Mammals 294 These features being unknown in any other Selenodonts. |