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ziphodont

ziphodont adjective: laterally compressed, sharp, and with serrated edges.

Adjective

ziphodont (not comparable)

  1. Laterally compressed, sharp, and with serrated edges

Noun

ziphodont (plural ziphodonts)

  1. Any organism with teeth of this kind.

Forms of ziphodont

pluralziphodonts

Origin of ziphodont

From a scientific name Crocodilus ziphodon coined by Othniel Charles Marsh (1871). Apparently from an alteration of xipho- + -odont.

Words formed from ziphodont

Questions about ziphodont

What does ziphodont mean?
Ziphodont means laterally compressed, sharp, and with serrated edges.
What part of speech is ziphodont?
Ziphodont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ziphodont in the dictionary

  1. ziphiids
  2. ziphiine
  3. ziphioid
  4. ziphioids
  5. ziphisternum
  6. ziphodont
  7. ziphodonts
  8. ziphosuchian
  9. ziphosuchians
  10. Zipkin
  11. Zipkins

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