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pleurodont

pleurodont adjective: having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones.

Adjective

pleurodont (not comparable)

  1. Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones

Noun

pleurodont (plural pleurodonts)

  1. Any reptile with teeth of this kind.

pleurodont meaning in Tamil

pleurodont in Tamil

பக்கவாட்டுப் பற்களுடைய

Forms of pleurodont

pluralpleurodonts

Origin of pleurodont

From pleur- + -odont.

Words formed from pleurodont

Questions about pleurodont

What does pleurodont mean?
Pleurodont means having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones.
What is pleurodont in Tamil?
Pleurodont in Tamil is பக்கவாட்டுப் பற்களுடைய. See Pleurodont meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pleurodont?
Pleurodont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pleurodont in the dictionary

  1. pleurodiran
  2. pleurodirans
  3. pleurodire
  4. pleurodires
  5. pleurodirous
  6. pleurodont
  7. pleurodontan
  8. pleurodontans
  9. pleurodontid
  10. pleurodontids
  11. pleurodonts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleurodont (page history and authors); pleurodont (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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