monodontn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnədɒnt/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnəˌdɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek μονοδοντ-, μονόδους.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μονοδοντ-, μονόδους (see monodon n.); compare -odont comb. form. Compare French monodonte , noun (1832–4 or earlier) and adjective (1868), Portuguese monodonte , noun (1873). Compare earlier monodontal adj., and also diodont adj. and n., polyodont adj. and n.

Zoology. rare.

†A. n.

= homodont n. Obsolete.The correction of this usage in the later issue of Nature suggests that it was regarded as erroneous, but cf. branch B.

ΚΠ

1870 Nature 6 Oct. 464/2 C. truncatus is a true monodont with eight grinders on either side of both maxilla and mandible.

1870 Nature 27 Oct. 528/2 Errata.—Page 464, second column, line 30, for ‘monodont’ read ‘homodont’.]

B. adj.

Of an animal: †having one persistent tusk or tooth (obsolete). Of a tooth: = homodont adj.

ΚΠ

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Monodont, having but one tooth.

1994 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 25 378 Dolphins are relatively small and fusiform species, with extended rostrums and numerous monodont, conical teeth, adapted to grasping fast-moving prey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monodont
释义	monodontn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒnədɒnt/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌdɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek μονοδοντ-, μονόδους. Etymology: < ancient Greek μονοδοντ-, μονόδους (see monodon n.); compare -odont comb. form. Compare French monodonte , noun (1832–4 or earlier) and adjective (1868), Portuguese monodonte , noun (1873). Compare earlier monodontal adj., and also diodont adj. and n., polyodont adj. and n. Zoology. rare. †A. n. = homodont n. Obsolete.The correction of this usage in the later issue of Nature suggests that it was regarded as erroneous, but cf. branch B. ΚΠ 1870 Nature 6 Oct. 464/2 C. truncatus is a true monodont with eight grinders on either side of both maxilla and mandible. 1870 Nature 27 Oct. 528/2 Errata.—Page 464, second column, line 30, for ‘monodont’ read ‘homodont’.] B. adj. Of an animal: †having one persistent tusk or tooth (obsolete). Of a tooth: = homodont adj. ΚΠ 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Monodont, having but one tooth. 1994 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 25 378 Dolphins are relatively small and fusiform species, with extended rostrums and numerous monodont, conical teeth, adapted to grasping fast-moving prey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1870
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