lophodont
[ lof-uh-dont, loh-fuh- ]
/ ˈlɒf əˌdɒnt, ˈloʊ fə- /
adjective
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
loper, loperamide, lopez, lopho-, lophobranch, lophodont, lophophore, lopolith, lopper, lopping shears, loppy
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Example sentences from the Web for lophodont
Lophodont teeth are only found in vegetable-feeding animals.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers BeddardThe 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 BeddardThe teeth of the Perissodactyles are lophodont, more rarely bunodont.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers BeddardSome of the lophodont molars are by no means unlike those of the Proboscidea.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard