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单词 pentalophodont
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pentalophodont
pentalophodont adj.
Brit. /ˌpɛntəˈləʊfədɒnt/
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U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈlɑfəˌdɑnt/
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/ˌpɛn(t)əˈloʊfəˌdɑnt/
[ < penta- comb. form + lopho- comb. form + -odont comb. form; compare scientific Latin Pentalophodon, former subgenus of mastodons characterized by teeth of this kind (H. Falconer 1857, in Quart. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 13 314)] Zoology and Palaeontology having molar teeth with five ridges.
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1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 623/1 Transitional conditions have..been shown..between the latter and what has been called ‘pentalophodont’ type.
1979 Paleobiology 5 127/1 The ancestral stock is believed to have been composed of pentalophodont—low crowned (brachydont) sylvan forms comparable to the living Thomasomys.
1987 R. Hoffstetter in R. L. Ciochon & J. G. Fleagle Primate Evol. & Human Origins xiv. 104 The Old World Hystricomorpha are fundamentally pentalophodont.
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