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lophodont

[ lof-uh-dont, loh-fuh- ]

/ ˈlɒf əˌdɒnt, ˈloʊ fə- /

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having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.

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Origin of lophodont

1885–90; <Greek lóph(os) a crest, tuft + -odont

Words nearby lophodont

López de Legazpe, López Mateos, López y Fuentes, lopho-, lophobranch, lophodont, lophophore, Lopid, Lop Nur, lopolith, lopper

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How to use lophodont in a sentence

These teeth have been termed buno-selenodont or buno-lophodont.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The teeth are bunodont or lophodont, the tendency to the production of the latter type being always marked.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The molar teeth are five in number on each side of each jaw and are bi- or tri-lophodont, not unlike those of the Tapir.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
Some of the lophodont molars are by no means unlike those of the Proboscidea.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

The teeth of the Perissodactyles are lophodont, more rarely bunodont.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard