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dibelodont

dibelodont adjective: having two lower incisors missing.

Adjective

dibelodont (not comparable)

  1. Having two lower incisors missing
    • Black bars represent tetralophodont proboscideans; green bars represent dibelodont proboscideans and yellow bar represents tetrabelodont proboscideans (reversion/atavism).2016 January 13, “The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about dibelodont

What does dibelodont mean?
Dibelodont means having two lower incisors missing.
What part of speech is dibelodont?
Dibelodont is an adjective.

Words near dibelodont in the dictionary

  1. Dibdinian
  2. Dibdins
  3. dibehenate
  4. dibehenates
  5. dibekacin
  6. dibelodont
  7. dibenamine
  8. Dibenedetto
  9. Dibenedettos
  10. dibenzalacetone
  11. dibenzalacetones

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