Hypsodont

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any organism whose teeth have large crowns.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores) not-comparable

Synonyms

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zalambdodont

Etymology

From hypso- + -odont.

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