dendrodont, n. and a. Palæont. and Zool.
(ˈdɛndrəʊdɒnt)
[f. dendro- + Gr. ὀδοντ- tooth.]
A. n. A fish of the extinct fossil genus Dendrodus, characterized by teeth of dendritic structure. (Cf. dendrodentine under dendro-.)
| 1849–52 Owen in Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. ii. 869 The seemingly simple conical teeth of the extinct family of fishes which I have called ‘Dendrodonts’. 1865 Page Handbk. Geol. Terms. |
B. adj. Having, or consisting of, teeth of dendritic internal structure.
| 1872 Nicholson Palæont. 326 Dentition dendrodont. 1880 Gunther Fishes 365 Dentition dendrodont. |