hybodontn.adj.
/ˈhɪbəʊdɒnt/ A. n.
A shark of the extinct genus Hybodon or family Hybodontidæ, with conical compressed teeth.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > belonging to specific extinct families
hybodont1847
petalodont1872
pleuracanth1890
pleuracanthoid1890
1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §589 Intermediate between these [Cestracionts] and the ordinary Sharks was another family, to which the name of Hybodonts has been given.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 278 (note) .
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) 388.
B. adj.
Belonging to this family of fishes.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [adjective] > of miscellaneous types
hybodont1872
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 339 The teeth are of what is called the ‘Hybodont’ form, having a general conical shape.
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