Pleurodont Definition

plo͝orə-dŏnt
adjective
Having teeth growing from the inside of the jawbone instead of from separate sockets, as some lizards.
Webster's New World
noun
A pleurodont animal.
Webster's New World
A lizard with pleurodont teeth.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Pleurodont

Noun

Singular:
pleurodont
Plural:
pleurodonts

Pleurodont Sentence Examples

  • Pleurodont lizards with well-developed limbs; without temporal bony arches; postthoracic ribs united across the abdomen.

  • In their general structure the Iguanidae closely resemble the Agamidae, from which they differ mainly by the pleurodont dentition.

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

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