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heterodont meaning in Malayalam

വിഷമദന്തി

/ˈhɛtəɹəʊdɒnt/US/ˈhɛtəɹəˌdɑnt/

heterodont in Malayalam: വിഷമദന്തി. In English, heterodont means having teeth of different types (like most mammals).

Malayalam words for heterodont

വിഷമദന്തി

English meaning of heterodont

  1. adjective Having teeth of different types (like most mammals).
  2. adjective Of bivalves or their hinge teeth: having two to three wedge-shaped cardinal teeth set in the centre near the umbones, generally also with elongated lateral teeth on the anterior and posterior margins.
  3. noun A heterodont animal.
  4. noun A heterodont bivalve.

Full definition of heterodont

heterodont in a sentence

  • The heterodont arrangement is characteristic of the Venus clams and cockles.

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Questions about heterodont in Malayalam

What is the meaning of heterodont in Malayalam?
Heterodont in Malayalam is വിഷമദന്തി.
heterodont എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Heterodont: വിഷമദന്തി.
What does heterodont mean in English?
Heterodont means having teeth of different types (like most mammals).

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Malayalam words from Malayalam Wiktionary: heterodont (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: heterodont (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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