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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any reptile with teeth of this kind.
2. 2
   an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Having the teeth fused (ankylosed) by their sides to the inner surface of the jawbones not-comparable

Etymology

From pleur- + -odont.

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