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lophiodont, a. and n.|ˈləʊfɪəʊdɒnt|
[See prec.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or resembling the lophiodon; belonging to the family Lophiodontidæ.
1864in Webster (citing Dana.) 1873Flower in Proc. Roy. Instit. (1875) VII. 100 Another offset from the ancient Lophiodont stock..constitutes the family Tapiridæ.
B. n. An animal of the family Lophiodontidæ.
1873Flower in Proc. Roy. Instit. (1875) VII. 99 These Lophiodonts possess a dental character which distinguishes them from all other Perissodactyles.
Hence lophioˈdontine, lophioˈdontoid adjs., = lophiodont a. lophioˈdontous a., ‘having hairy or bristly teeth’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1889).
1887E. D. Cope in Amer. Nat. XXI. 994 It is impossible to separate the Hyracotheriine sub-family as a family from the Lophiodontine. 1890Century Dict., Lophiodontoid. |