loxodont

[ lok-suh-dont ]

adjective
  1. having molar teeth with shallow depressions between the ridges.

noun
  1. a loxodont animal; an elephant.

Origin of loxodont

1
<Greek lox(ós) slanting, oblique + -odont

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