pleurodont

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English [edit]

Adjective [edit]

pleurodont (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones.

Noun [edit]

pleurodont (plural pleurodonts)

  1. (zoology) Any lizard with teeth of this kind.