lophodont

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

adjective

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

Compare bunodont.

Origin of lophodont

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

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Historical Examples of lophodont

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
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
Lophodont teeth are only found in vegetable-feeding animals.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard