mesodont

mesodont
Having teeth of medium size; denoting a skull with a dental index between 42 and 43.9. [meso- + G. odous, tooth]

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me·so·dont -.dänt adj having medium-sized teeth
me·so·don·ty -.dän-tē n, pl -ties

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mes·odont (mezґo-) (meґzo-dont) [meso- + Gr. odous tooth] having a dental index between 42 and 44.

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  • Mesodont — Mes o*dont, a. [Meso + Gr. odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having teeth of moderate size. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mesodont — adj. [Gr. mesos, middle; odous, tooth] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Pertaining to male Lucanidae bearing mandibles intermediate in size; amphiodont; see teleodont, priodont …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • mesodont — /mez euh dont , mes , mee zeuh , seuh /, adj. having medium sized teeth. Also, mesodontic. [1880 85; MES + ODONT] * * * …   Universalium

  • mesodont — adj. having teeth of average size …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mesodont — meso·dont …   English syllables

  • mesodont —   n. with teeth of medium size …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • mesodont — …   Useful english dictionary

  • amphiodont — adj. [Gr. amphi, on both sides; odous, tooth] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Coleoptera, male stag beetles bearing mandibles only intermediate in size; mesodont; see telodont, priodont …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • mesodontism — /mez euh don tiz euhm, mes , mee zeuh , seuh /, n. the condition of having medium sized teeth. Also, mesodonty. [‡1960 65; MESODONT + ISM] * * * …   Universalium

  • Proterotheriidae — Thoatherium Zeitraum oberes Paläozän bis oberes Pleistozän Fundorte Argentinien, Brasilien, Bolivien, Chile, Uruguay, Kolumbien Systema …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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