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lophodont

/lof-uh-dont, loh-fuh-/US // ˈlɒf əˌdɒnt, ˈloʊ fə- //

嗜睡症,嗜酒者,嗜睡者,嗜酒癖

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.

Examples

  • These teeth have been termed buno-selenodont or buno-lophodont.

  • The teeth are bunodont or lophodont, the tendency to the production of the latter type being always marked.

  • The molar teeth are five in number on each side of each jaw and are bi- or tri-lophodont, not unlike those of the Tapir.

  • Some of the lophodont molars are by no means unlike those of the Proboscidea.

  • The teeth of the Perissodactyles are lophodont, more rarely bunodont.