bunodont
having molar teeth with crowns in the form of rounded or conical cusps.
Origin of bunodont
1- Compare lophodont.
Words Nearby bunodont
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How to use bunodont in a sentence
In the Pigs and their allies the crowns are bunodont, while in the more highly specialised Ruminants the crowns are selenodont.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe Condylarthra have brachydont, generally bunodont teeth, with the premolars simpler than the molars.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThey generally have the typical mammalian series of forty-four teeth, the molars being brachydont and generally bunodont.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe bunodont type is best seen in Pigs and Hippopotami and such extinct forms as Hyotherium.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIt has, however, been shown that selenodont teeth always pass through an embryonic bunodont stage.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for bunodont
/ (ˈbjuːnəˌdɒnt) /
(of the teeth of certain mammals) having cusps that are separate and rounded
Origin of bunodont
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