-odontcomb. form

Primary stress is either retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element or attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form. Vowels may be reduced accordingly. See e.g. haplodont adj. and n.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -οδόντ-, -όδους.

Etymology: < ancient Greek -οδόντ-, -όδους -toothed (in e.g. μονοδοντ- , μονόδους monodont adj.) < ὀδόντ- , ὀδούς tooth n. Compare French -odonte (formations in which are found from the early 19th cent.: see mastodont n.).Found from the early 19th cent. in borrowings from French (as mastodont n.), and in formations modelled on scientific Latin names of suborders, families, etc., in -odonta or on scientific Latin names of genera in -odon -odon comb. form. Formations in this suffix were used extensively by the British zoologist and anatomist Sir Richard Owen in his Odontography (1840) and other works.

1. Forming adjectives designating types of vertebrate dentition.

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2. Forming adjectives designating types of bivalve mollusc, as classified by the tooth-like indentations of their valves, e.g. dysodont (a1897), taxodont (1896).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	-odont
释义	-odontcomb. form Primary stress is either retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element or attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form. Vowels may be reduced accordingly. See e.g. haplodont adj. and n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -οδόντ-, -όδους. Etymology: < ancient Greek -οδόντ-, -όδους -toothed (in e.g. μονοδοντ- , μονόδους monodont adj.) < ὀδόντ- , ὀδούς tooth n. Compare French -odonte (formations in which are found from the early 19th cent.: see mastodont n.).Found from the early 19th cent. in borrowings from French (as mastodont n.), and in formations modelled on scientific Latin names of suborders, families, etc., in -odonta or on scientific Latin names of genera in -odon -odon comb. form. Formations in this suffix were used extensively by the British zoologist and anatomist Sir Richard Owen in his Odontography (1840) and other works. 1. Forming adjectives designating types of vertebrate dentition. Categories » 2. Forming adjectives designating types of bivalve mollusc, as classified by the tooth-like indentations of their valves, e.g. dysodont (a1897), taxodont (1896). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < comb. form
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