lophodont
[ lof-uh-dont, loh-fuh- ]
/ ˈlɒf əˌdɒnt, ˈloʊ fə- /
adjective
having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.
Compare
bunodont.
Origin of lophodont
1885–90; < Greek
lóph(os) a crest, tuft +
-odont
Words nearby lophodont
loper,
loperamide,
lopez,
lopho-,
lophobranch,
lophodont,
lophophore,
lopolith,
lopper,
lopping shears,
loppy
Example sentences from the Web for lophodont
Lophodont teeth are only found in vegetable-feeding animals.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers BeddardThe teeth are bunodont or lophodont, the tendency to the production of the latter type being always marked.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers BeddardThe teeth of the Perissodactyles are lophodont, more rarely bunodont.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers BeddardSome of the lophodont molars are by no means unlike those of the Proboscidea.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard