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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any organism with teeth of equal length.

Adjective

1. 1
   Having teeth of equal length. not-comparable
2. 2
   Having hinge teeth with lateral tubercles and sockets on either side of a thick ligament (the resilium). not-comparable

   "The isodont arrangement is typical of the oysters and scallops."

Example

More examples

"The isodont arrangement is typical of the oysters and scallops."

Etymology

From iso- + -odont.

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