homodontadj.n.
/ˈhɒməʊdɒnt/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Having teeth all of the same kind. Also said of the teeth. Opposed to heterodont.
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homodont1877
1877 Turner in Encycl. Brit. VII. 232/1 A few mammals, as the toothed whales, have the teeth uniform in size, shape, and structure, and are named Homodont.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 363 In homodont dentitions..the number [of teeth] is often great, e.g. 100 in Priodon.
B. n.
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A homodont animal.
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