单词 | palatal tooth |
释义 | > as lemmaspalatal tooth palatal tooth n. (usually in plural) any of the teeth occurring on the palate of many fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, borne either on the palatine bone or on other bones of the palate such as the vomerines or parasphenoids, and helping to grip items in the mouth; cf. palatine tooth n. at palatine adj.2 and n.2 Compounds. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 276 The Marblets..have palatal teeth, and femoral pores, like the Iguanas. 1874 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. xxi. 358 A terrestrial reptile having numerous palatal teeth. 1995 J. S. Ryland in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe xiv. 719 [Fish family Moronidae:] Lips normal. Palatal teeth present; pharyngeal teeth absent. Scales ctenoid. < as lemmas |
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