单词 | taurodont |
释义 | taurodontadj. Of mammalian molar teeth: having large broad crowns and short roots. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of parts of > of teeth molar1626 molary1835 homoeodont1888 metaconal1896 taurodont1915 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > types of crown stenocoronine1865 brachyodont1883 selenodont1883 homoeodont1888 zygodont1888 taurodont1915 1915 A. Keith Antiq. Man viii. 148 Molar teeth [in Neanderthal man] are large in crown and body and extremely short in root... To [sic] this peculiar form of molar tooth..I have proposed the name of ‘taurodont’. 1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Hunters & Artists 18 This condition of the teeth, known as taurodont, has been found among some representatives of Neanderthal man. 1948 New Biol. 5 84 The teeth [of Neanderthal man]..are often of that specialised kind called ‘taurodont’—they are stumpy with short roots. 1971 Nature 5 Feb. 409/2 The frequent lack of incisors and well worn flattened taurodont molars superficially suggest the crateriform decay of Moon's mulberry molars. 1973 B. J. Williams Evol. & Human Origins x. 159/2 The molars and premolars are ‘Taurodont’, meaning that they have an enlarged pulp cavity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1915 |
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