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schizodont

schizodont adjective: having reverse V-shaped scissurate hinge teeth, and often an elongated lateral tooth.

Adjective

schizodont (not comparable)

  1. Having reverse V-shaped scissurate hinge teeth, and often an elongated lateral tooth.
    • The schizodont arrangement is found in most unionids.

Noun

schizodont (plural schizodonts)

  1. An organism having hinge teeth of this kind.

Forms of schizodont

pluralschizodonts

Origin of schizodont

From schizo- + -odont.

Questions about schizodont

What does schizodont mean?
Schizodont means having reverse V-shaped scissurate hinge teeth, and often an elongated lateral tooth.
What part of speech is schizodont?
Schizodont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near schizodont in the dictionary

  1. schizodactyly
  2. schizodeme
  3. schizodepressed
  4. schizodepression
  5. schizodepressive
  6. schizodont
  7. schizodonts
  8. schizogamic
  9. schizogamous
  10. schizogamy
  11. schizogastry

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