lophodont

[ lof-uh-dont, loh-fuh- ]

adjective

1. having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lophodont¹

1885–90; < Greek lóph ( os ) a crest, tuft + -odont

Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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

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

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