dendrodontn.adj.
/ˈdɛndrəʊdɒnt/ Palaeontology and Zoology.
A. n.
A fish of the extinct fossil genus Dendrodus, characterized by teeth of dendritic structure. (Cf. dendrodentine n. at dendro- comb. form .)
ΚΠ
1849 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 869/2 The seemingly simple conical teeth of the extinct family of fishes which I have called ‘Dendrodonts’.
1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 141 Dendrodonts, an extinct family of fishes, characteristic of the Old Red Sandstone or Devonian system.
B. adj.
Having, or consisting of, teeth of dendritic internal structure.
ΚΠ
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 326 Dentition dendrodont.
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 365 Dentition dendrodont.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
n.adj.1849- hanging knee
- hanging laver
- hanging lie
- hanging lock
- hanging matter
- hanging miniature
- hanging off
- hanging on
- hanging out
- hanging paragraph
- hanging pawn
- hanging press
- hanging shelf
- hanging sleeve
- hanging steps
- hanging ten
- hanging time
- hanging together
- hanging up
- hanging valley
- hanging valve
- hanging wardrobe
- hanging-block
- hanging-bowl
- hanging-cloth