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orthomegodont

orthomegodont adjective: being or having teeth with a nonelongated crown and symmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Adjective

orthomegodont (comparative more orthomegodont, superlative most orthomegodont)

  1. Being or having teeth with a nonelongated crown and symmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Forms of orthomegodont

comparativemore orthomegodont
superlativemost orthomegodont

Origin of orthomegodont

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from ortho- + meg- + -odont.

Questions about orthomegodont

What does orthomegodont mean?
Orthomegodont means being or having teeth with a nonelongated crown and symmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.
What part of speech is orthomegodont?
Orthomegodont is an adjective.

Words near orthomegodont in the dictionary

  1. orthologs
  2. orthologue
  3. orthologues
  4. orthology
  5. orthomagmatic
  6. orthomegodont
  7. orthometer
  8. orthometric
  9. orthometrically
  10. orthometry
  11. orthominasragrite

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