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Pleurodont

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Noun

1. pleurodont

an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pleurodont

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adjective

1.

(of the teeth of some reptiles) having no roots and being fused by their lateral sides only to the inner surface of the jawbone

See also acrodont (sense 1)

2.

having pleurodont teeth

pleurodont lizards

noun

3.

an animal having pleurodont teeth

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Pleurodont

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adjective

1.

having teeth growing from the inside of the jawbone instead of from separate sockets, as some lizards

noun

2.

a pleurodont animal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pleurodont

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adj.

Having the teeth attached by their sides to the inner side of the jaw, as in some lizards.

n.

A lizard with pleurodont teeth.

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