pleurodont

/ploor-uh-dont/US // ˈplʊər əˌdɒnt //UK // (ˈplʊərəʊˌdɒnt) //

褶皱,恳求,恳请,褶皱式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- : having teeth so fused or attached, as certain lizards.

n.名词 noun

These teeth are pleurodont, that is, are ankylosed by their bases and outer sides to the margin of the jaw.
In their general structure the Iguanidae closely resemble the Agamidae, from which they differ mainly by the pleurodont dentition.
Pleurodont lizards with well-developed limbs; without temporal bony arches; postthoracic ribs united across the abdomen.
Trogonophis, Pachycalamus and Agamodon of Africa are all acrodont; the other genera are pleurodont.
Yet pleurodont lizards, strange to say, are found in Madagascar.