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bilophodont, a. Zool.|baɪˈlɒfədɒnt| [f. bi-2 + lophodont (see lopho-).] Of the molar teeth in certain ungulates: having two transverse crests or ridges on the grinding surface.
1868Owen Anat. Vertebr. III. 343 The ‘bilophodont’ sub-type becomes more marked in Dinotherium. Ibid. 358 Certain huge fossil bilophodont grinders, which seemed to indicate a gigantic Tapir. 1891Flower & Lydekker Mammals 373 Molars brachydont and bilophodont. |