bilophodont, a. Zool.
(baɪˈlɒfədɒnt)
[f. bi-2 + lophodont (see lopho-).]
Of the molar teeth in certain ungulates: having two transverse crests or ridges on the grinding surface.
| 1868 Owen Anat. Vertebr. III. 343 The ‘bilophodont’ sub-type becomes more marked in Dinotherium. Ibid. 358 Certain huge fossil bilophodont grinders, which seemed to indicate a gigantic Tapir. 1891 Flower & Lydekker Mammals 373 Molars brachydont and bilophodont. |