brachyodontadj.
/ˈbrakɪədɒnt/ Designating teeth with short or low crowns and well-developed roots.
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stenocoronine1865
brachyodont1883
selenodont1883
homoeodont1888
zygodont1888
taurodont1915
1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 430/1 Modification of [the selenodont form] from a brachyodont to a hypsodont type.
1884 Geol. Mag. 548 Detached upper molars of a smaller form, with a brachydont..structure.
1884 Geol. Mag. 548 Several lower molars and a fragment of a mandible from Hempstead indicate a brachydont anthracotheroid.
1891 W. H. Flower & R. Lydekker Introd. Study Mammals 373 Molars brachydont and bilophodont.
1968 R. Zangerl tr. B. Peyer Compar. Odontol. 191 The teeth of the earliest monodelphous mammals..are at the same time brachyodont—low-crowned and provided with well-developed roots.
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adj.1883