selenodont
[si-lee-nuh-dont]
- having molar teeth with crowns formed of crescent-shaped cusps.
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Origin of selenodont
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While the molars have the selenodont character of other Pecora, the premolars are more adapted for cutting, with sharp edges.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
The molars are selenodont; but as in the Tragulidae the premolars are more of the nature of cutting teeth.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
The type genus Xiphodon has selenodont molars and elongated, slender, cutting premolars.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
The premolars are simple teeth; the molars distinctly bunodont with a tendency in one or two to the selenodont condition.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
In the Pigs and their allies the crowns are bunodont, while in the more highly specialised Ruminants the crowns are selenodont.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
selenodont
- (of the teeth of certain mammals) having crescent-shaped ridges on the crowns, as in deer
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- a mammal with selenodont teeth
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Word Origin
C19: from seleno- (moon-shaped) + -odont
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