tetralophodont

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tetra- +‎ lophodont

Adjective[edit]

tetralophodont (not comparable)

  1. Having four ridges or crests to the teeth
    • 2016 January 13, “The Dance of Tusks: Rediscovery of Lower Incisors in the Pan-American Proboscidean Cuvieronius hyodon Revises Incisor Evolution in Elephantimorpha”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Black bars represent tetralophodont proboscideans; green bars represent dibelodont proboscideans and yellow bar represents tetrabelodont proboscideans (reversion/atavism).

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