Pronunciation: | | 'akru`dânt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | |
[n] an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets |
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ACRODONT is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| See Also: | | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ac"ro*dont\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros summit + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united
to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- a. Of or pertaining to
the acrodonts.
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