acrodont

[ak-ruh-dont]

adjective

Zoology.

1. having rootless teeth fastened to the alveolar ridge of the jaws.

acrodont

/ ˈækrəˌdɒnt /

adjective

1. (of the teeth of some reptiles) having no roots and being fused at the base to the margin of the jawbones See also pleurodont

2. having acrodont teeth

Other Word Forms

• acrodontism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of acrodont¹

First recorded in 1840–50; acr- + -odont

Word History and Origins

Origin of acrodont¹

C19: from _acro- + _-odont

Example Sentences

Above: the very neat, short-faced, acrodont skull of the trogonophid Agamodon.

From Scientific American