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clinomegodont

clinomegodont adjective: being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Adjective

clinomegodont (comparative more clinomegodont, superlative most clinomegodont)

  1. Being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Forms of clinomegodont

comparativemore clinomegodont
superlativemost clinomegodont

Origin of clinomegodont

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from clino- + meg- + -odont.

Questions about clinomegodont

What does clinomegodont mean?
Clinomegodont means being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.
What part of speech is clinomegodont?
Clinomegodont is an adjective.

Words near clinomegodont in the dictionary

  1. clinological
  2. clinology
  3. clinomania
  4. clinomaniac
  5. clinomaniacs
  6. clinomegodont
  7. clinometer
  8. clinometers
  9. clinometre
  10. clinometres
  11. clinometric

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