lopho-
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”).
Prefix
[edit]lopho-
- ridge, crest
- lophodont teeth
- 1987, M.B.V. Roberts, T.J. King, Biology: A Functional Approach. Student's Manual[1], page 88:
- The lophodont pattern can be seen particularly clearly in the elephant. Apart from the tusks [...] the elephant's teeth are reduced to a few enormous molars, each bearing numerous enamel ridges.
- tuft
- 1964, Francis Bather, A Treatise on Zoology: The porifera and coelentera. Part 3[2], page 134:
- [Any] of the varieties above mentioned [...] may have one or more of its rays forked or branched like a tuft. The spicule is then said to be monolophous, dilophous, trilophous, or tetralophous according to the number of rays so affected.