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pachyodont

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English

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Etymology

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From pachy- +‎ -odont.

Adjective

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pachyodont (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having thick teeth.
  2. (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

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pachyodont (plural pachyodonts)

  1. (zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.
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