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extradentary

extradentary adjective: with more than the use of teeth.

Adjective

extradentary (not comparable)

  1. With more than the use of teeth.
    • Moreover, we quantify the potential fitness benefits of extradentary processing or the direct employment of megadont molars on mechanically stiff USOs.2012, Justin D. Yeakel et al., “Stable isotopes, functional morphology, and human evolution: a model of consilience”, in arXiv

Origin of extradentary

From extra- + dentary.

Questions about extradentary

What does extradentary mean?
Extradentary means with more than the use of teeth.
What part of speech is extradentary?
Extradentary is an adjective.

Words near extradentary in the dictionary

  1. extracytoplasmatically
  2. extracytoplasmic
  3. extracytoplasmically
  4. extracytosolic
  5. extradecisional
  6. extradentary
  7. extradenticle
  8. extradepartmental
  9. extradepartmentally
  10. extradermal
  11. extradesmosomal

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