单词 | pleodont |
释义 | † pleodontn.adj. Zoology. Obsolete. A. n. A reptile having teeth that are solid rather than hollow. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types provincial1575 elephant1601 roquet1666 scorpion-lizard1709 Guernsey lizard1769 geitje1786 pleodont1840 ngarara1843 sleepy lizard1883 tucktoo1896 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 252/1 The Pleodonts are divided into two..groups: the first with a compressed tail..as in the Crocodiles; the other with the tail perfectly conical. 1875 Amer. Cycl. X. 551/2 The flat-tailed pleodonts or crocodilurians are among the largest of the family. B. adj. Of a reptile: having teeth that are solid rather than hollow. Cf. cœlodont adj. at cœlo- comb. form1 . ΚΠ 1845 R. Owen Odontography I. ii. iv. 258 The maxillary teeth combine the pleodont with the acrodont characters. 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Zool. 276 All the species of pleodont lizards belong to the New World. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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