单词 | pentalophodont |
释义 | > as lemmaspentalophodont pentalophodont adj. Brit. /ˌpɛntəˈləʊfədɒnt/ , U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈlɑfəˌdɑnt/ , /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.ΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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