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Loxodon Zool.|ˈlɒksədɒn|
[ad. mod.L. Loxodonta pl. (Cuvier), f. Gr. λοξ-ός oblique + ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth.]
‘A sub-genus of elephants, so called from the rhomb-shaped discs of the worn molars’ (Ogilvie, 1882).
1857Falconer in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XIII. 315 For this subgeneric group [of Elephants] the name of Loxodon, first indicated by Frederick Cuvier, has been adopted. Ibid. 321 Two of the Loxodons,..have a ridge-formula which is identical or nearly so with that of Stegodon insignis. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man xxii. 438 A remarkable dwarf species..has been discovered belonging, like the existing E. Africanus, to the group Loxodon.
So ˈloxodont. (a) adj. Having teeth like those of an elephant belonging to the group Loxodon. (b) n. An elephant with this dentition.
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