Acrodont Definition

ăkrə-dŏnt
adjective
Having teeth attached to the edge of the jawbone without sockets.
American Heritage Medicine
Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
Wiktionary
noun
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Acrodont

Noun

Singular:
acrodont
Plural:
acrodonts

Origin of Acrodont

  • acr(o)– –odont

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Acrodont Sentence Examples

  • Pleuroor acrodont, Acrodont, anchylosed.

  • Acrodont, Old World lizards, with laterally compressed body, prehensile tail and well developed limbs with the digits arranged in opposing, grasping bundles of two and three respectively.

  • Trogonophis, Pachycalamus and Agamodon of Africa are all acrodont; the other genera are pleurodont.

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Words Starting With

AACACR

Words Ending With

TNTONT

Unscrambles

acrodont

Words Starting With A and Ending With T

Starts With A & Ends With TStarts With AC & Ends With TStarts With A & Ends With NT

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With A8 Letter Words Ending With T