priodontadj.

Brit.

/ˈprʌɪə(ʊ)dɒnt/, U.S.

/ˈpraɪəˌdɑnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πρίειν , -odont comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πρίειν to saw (see prion n.¹) + -odont comb. form. In sense 1 after scientific Latin Priodontes, genus name ( F. Cuvier Dents des mammifères (1825) 198); compare French priodontes , plural (1825 in the same work). Compare prionodont adj.

†1. Zoology. Designating an armadillo of the genus Priodontes, which comprises only the giant armadillo, P. maximus, characterized by having up to a hundred small, closely set teeth. Cf. prionodont adj. 3a. Obsolete.

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priodont1854

xenurine1884

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 278 The priodont armadillo..has ninety-eight teeth.

1862 Proc. Royal Soc. 12 319 The two vertebræ are completely anchylosed together in the priodont Armadillo.

1872 G. H. Morrell Student's Man. Compar. Anat. 83 An example of excessive number of teeth occurs in this family in the Priodont Armadillo.

2. Entomology. Designating the smallest form of mandible occurring in male stag beetles (family Lucanidae); = prionodont adj. 3b. rare.

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priodont1883

teleodont1889

prionodont1932

1883 Athenæum 29 Dec. 870/3 Four very distinct phases of development in their mandibles, which the author [sc. F. Leuthner] proposed to term ‘priodont’, ‘amphiodont’, ‘mesodont’, and ‘telodont’.

1938 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 4) iii. 533 It is often possible to distinguish large (teleodont), small (priodont), and intermediate (mesodont) forms [of mandibles].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	priodont
释义	priodontadj. Brit. /ˈprʌɪə(ʊ)dɒnt/, U.S. /ˈpraɪəˌdɑnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πρίειν , -odont comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek πρίειν to saw (see prion n.¹) + -odont comb. form. In sense 1 after scientific Latin Priodontes, genus name ( F. Cuvier Dents des mammifères (1825) 198); compare French priodontes , plural (1825 in the same work). Compare prionodont adj. †1. Zoology. Designating an armadillo of the genus Priodontes, which comprises only the giant armadillo, P. maximus, characterized by having up to a hundred small, closely set teeth. Cf. prionodont adj. 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [adjective] > of types of armadillo priodont1854 xenurine1884 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 278 The priodont armadillo..has ninety-eight teeth. 1862 Proc. Royal Soc. 12 319 The two vertebræ are completely anchylosed together in the priodont Armadillo. 1872 G. H. Morrell Student's Man. Compar. Anat. 83 An example of excessive number of teeth occurs in this family in the Priodont Armadillo. 2. Entomology. Designating the smallest form of mandible occurring in male stag beetles (family Lucanidae); = prionodont adj. 3b. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > of or relating to stag-beetle > of form of mandibles priodont1883 teleodont1889 prionodont1932 1883 Athenæum 29 Dec. 870/3 Four very distinct phases of development in their mandibles, which the author [sc. F. Leuthner] proposed to term ‘priodont’, ‘amphiodont’, ‘mesodont’, and ‘telodont’. 1938 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 4) iii. 533 It is often possible to distinguish large (teleodont), small (priodont), and intermediate (mesodont) forms [of mandibles]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854
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