pleurodontn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈplʊərədɒnt/,

/ˈplɔːrədɒnt/, U.S.

/ˈplʊrəˌdɑnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pleuro- comb. form, -odont comb. form.

Etymology: < pleuro- comb. form + -odont comb. form, after French pleurodonte, applied to divisions within subfamilies of iguanid lizards ( A. M. C. Duméril and G. Bibron Erpétologie générale (1837) IV. 12).

Zoology.

A. n.

A member of a group of lizards characterized by a pleurodont dentition. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > pleurodont

pleurodont1840

1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 260/2 The maxillary teeth of the species composing the Pleurodonts have their summit..more or less trilobated.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 346 In others (Pleurodonts) the teeth are implanted in a groove, the outer border of which projects more than the inner.

1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) x. 283 He appeared to say that the reptile was his aunt, though this may have been an error of interpretation; in any event, the lizard..raced away over the grass, high on its short legs. ‘He was a pleurodont,’ said Martin.

B. adj.

Designating, relating to, or characterized by teeth which are fixed along one side of a bony ridge or plate projecting from the jaw. Cf. acrodont n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > of parts of

pleurodont1840

prokinetic1960

1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 260/2 All the Pleurodont Iguanians, with the exception of one genus only (Brachylophus), are natives of the New World.

1848 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 138 186 The mode of implantation of the teeth appears to have been intermediate between the pleurodont and thecodont types.

1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. vii. 256 We may find a development of a bony alveolar plate on one side.., to which the teeth may become attached by actual bony growth..as in the Iguanian Lizards. Such a form of attachment is termed pleurodont.

1938 Amer. Midland Naturalist 20 382 In Gerrhonotus as in other members of the family Anguidae..the teeth are pleurodont.

1990 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. vii. 194 Paramacellodus from southern England..shows the pleurodont dentition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pleurodont
释义	pleurodontn.adj. Brit. /ˈplʊərədɒnt/, /ˈplɔːrədɒnt/, U.S. /ˈplʊrəˌdɑnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pleuro- comb. form, -odont comb. form. Etymology: < pleuro- comb. form + -odont comb. form, after French pleurodonte, applied to divisions within subfamilies of iguanid lizards ( A. M. C. Duméril and G. Bibron Erpétologie générale (1837) IV. 12). Zoology. A. n. A member of a group of lizards characterized by a pleurodont dentition. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > pleurodont pleurodont1840 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 260/2 The maxillary teeth of the species composing the Pleurodonts have their summit..more or less trilobated. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 346 In others (Pleurodonts) the teeth are implanted in a groove, the outer border of which projects more than the inner. 1991 P. O'Brian Nutmeg of Consol. (1993) x. 283 He appeared to say that the reptile was his aunt, though this may have been an error of interpretation; in any event, the lizard..raced away over the grass, high on its short legs. ‘He was a pleurodont,’ said Martin. B. adj. Designating, relating to, or characterized by teeth which are fixed along one side of a bony ridge or plate projecting from the jaw. Cf. acrodont n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [adjective] > of parts of pleurodont1840 prokinetic1960 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 260/2 All the Pleurodont Iguanians, with the exception of one genus only (Brachylophus), are natives of the New World. 1848 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 138 186 The mode of implantation of the teeth appears to have been intermediate between the pleurodont and thecodont types. 1872 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. vii. 256 We may find a development of a bony alveolar plate on one side.., to which the teeth may become attached by actual bony growth..as in the Iguanian Lizards. Such a form of attachment is termed pleurodont. 1938 Amer. Midland Naturalist 20 382 In Gerrhonotus as in other members of the family Anguidae..the teeth are pleurodont. 1990 M. J. Benton Vertebr. Palaeontol. vii. 194 Paramacellodus from southern England..shows the pleurodont dentition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1840
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