pleurodont

Meanings

Plural: pleurodonts

Noun

an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
Any reptile with teeth of this kind.

Adj

Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones

Origin / Etymology

From pleuro- + -odont.

Scrabble Score: 13

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