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gomphodont

gomphodont noun: any cynodont of the taxon Gomphodontia.

Noun

gomphodont (plural gomphodonts)

  1. Any cynodont of the taxon Gomphodontia
    • The morphological variation of the stapes led to the recognition of 11 phylogenetic characters that were included in a total evidence data matrix centered in the analysis of gomphodont cynodonts.2015 July 16, “The Stapes of Gomphodont Cynodonts: Insights into the Middle Ear Structure of Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of gomphodont

pluralgomphodonts

Questions about gomphodont

What does gomphodont mean?
Gomphodont means any cynodont of the taxon Gomphodontia.
What part of speech is gomphodont?
Gomphodont is a noun.
What is the plural of gomphodont?
The plural of gomphodont is gomphodonts.

Words near gomphodont in the dictionary

  1. gomphid
  2. gomphidiaceous
  3. gomphidii
  4. gomphidius
  5. gomphids
  6. gomphodont
  7. gomphodonts
  8. gomphonemoid
  9. gomphoses
  10. gomphoside
  11. gomphosis

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