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tetrabelodont

tetrabelodont adjective: having four lower incisors missing.

Adjective

tetrabelodont (not comparable)

  1. Having four lower incisors missing.
    • Moreover, the tetrabelodont condition is also considered plesiomorphic to Elephantimorpha.2016 January 13, “The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about tetrabelodont

What does tetrabelodont mean?
Tetrabelodont means having four lower incisors missing.
What part of speech is tetrabelodont?
Tetrabelodont is an adjective.

Words near tetrabelodont in the dictionary

  1. tetraazidomethane
  2. tetrabarbital
  3. tetrabarium
  4. tetrabasic
  5. tetrabasicity
  6. tetrabelodont
  7. tetrabenazine
  8. tetraberyllium
  9. tetrabismuth
  10. tetrablemmid
  11. tetrablemmids

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