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hypsodont

hypsodont adjective: describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores).

Adjective

hypsodont (not comparable)

  1. Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores).

Noun

hypsodont (plural hypsodonts)

  1. Any organism whose teeth have large crowns.

hypsodont meaning in Tamil

hypsodont in Tamil

உயர்பற்கள்

Antonyms of hypsodont

Forms of hypsodont

pluralhypsodonts

Origin of hypsodont

From hypso- + -odont.

Words formed from hypsodont

Questions about hypsodont

What does hypsodont mean?
Hypsodont means describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores).
What is hypsodont in Tamil?
Hypsodont in Tamil is உயர்பற்கள். See Hypsodont meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypsodont?
Hypsodont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hypsodont in the dictionary

  1. hypso-
  2. hypsochrome
  3. hypsochromic
  4. hypsochromically
  5. hypsodoncy
  6. hypsodont
  7. hypsodontism
  8. hypsodonts
  9. hypsodonty
  10. hypsogram
  11. hypsograms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypsodont (page history and authors); hypsodont (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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