triconodontadj.
/trʌɪˈkəʊnədɒnt/ Zoology.
Having molar teeth with three conical cusps, as the extinct genus Triconodon or family Triconodontidæ of mammals (supposed to be marsupials); also said of such teeth.
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polyprotodont1868
triconodont1881
triconodontoid1895
polyprotodontid1900
1881 Q. Jrnl. Geog. Soc. 37 378 The fourth premolar of Triacanthodon approaches the triconodont or true molar type.
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 998 The triconodont crown..was predominant in the Lower Jurassic period.
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 999 Both the ‘haplodont’ and ‘triconodont’ crowns are seen to-day among the Cetacea.
Derivatives
triconoˈdontid n. an animal of this family.
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diprotodon1839
amphithere1859
notothere1866
diprotodont1881
triconodontid1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Triconodontid, Triconodontoid.
triconoˈdontoid adj. and n. (a) adj. belonging to or having the characters of this family; (b) n. = triconodontid n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective] > having specific type of teeth
polyprotodont1868
triconodont1881
triconodontoid1895
polyprotodontid1900
1895 [see triconodontid n.].
triˈconodonty n. the condition of being triconodont.
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triconodonty1899
1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 2 May 571 The famous theory of the gradual complication, of triconodonty and trituberculy, is an untenable hypothesis.
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