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isodont

isodont adjective: having teeth of equal length.

Adjective

isodont (not comparable)

  1. Having teeth of equal length.
  2. Having hinge teeth with lateral tubercles and sockets on either side of a thick ligament (the resilium).
    • The isodont arrangement is typical of the oysters and scallops.

Noun

isodont (plural isodonts)

  1. Any organism with teeth of equal length.

Forms of isodont

pluralisodonts

Origin of isodont

From is- + -odont.

Words formed from isodont

Questions about isodont

What does isodont mean?
Isodont means having teeth of equal length.
What part of speech is isodont?
Isodont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near isodont in the dictionary

  1. isodomon
  2. isodomous
  3. isodomum
  4. isodon
  5. isodons
  6. isodont
  7. isodonts
  8. isodonty
  9. isodop
  10. isodops
  11. isodose

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