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单词 telodont
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telodont
telodont adj.
Brit. /ˈtɛlə(ʊ)dɒnt/
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/ˈtiːlə(ʊ)dɒnt/
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U.S. /ˈtɛləˌdɑnt/
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/ˈtiləˌdɑnt/
Entomology (now rare) designating a form of mandible in a male stag beetle which has apical but not basal teeth; (also) teleodont adj. at teleo- comb. form1 .
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1883 Athenæum 29 Dec. 870/3 Four very distinct phases of development in their mandibles, which the author [sc. F. Leuthner] proposed to term ‘priodont’, ‘amphiodont’, ‘mesodont’, and ‘telodont’.
1940 G. R. de Beer in J. S. Huxley New Systematics 381 The mandibles of the males not only vary in relative size, but also in the number and disposition of ‘teeth’ carried on them, to such an extent that five types (‘prionodont’, ‘amphiodont’, ‘telodont’, ‘mesodont’, ‘mesamphiodont’) have been distinguished by coleopterists.
1946 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 72 164 The largest development.., with slender middle section and reduced number of subapical teeth, becomes the telodont form of Leuthner, or constant phase of Arrow.
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