pachyodont
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pachyodont (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having thick teeth.
- (zoology) Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve.
- The pachyodont arrangement is characteristic of the Chamidae, the jewel boxes.
Noun[edit]
pachyodont (plural pachyodonts)
- (zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.