brachyodont, a.
(ˈbrækɪədɒnt)
Also brachydont.
[f. brachy- + ὀδούς (ὀδοντ-) tooth.]
Designating teeth with short or low crowns and well-developed roots.
| 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. Ibid., Several lower molars and a fragment of a mandible from Hempstead indicate a brachydont anthracotheroid. 1891 [see bilophodont a.]. 1968 R. Zangerl tr. Peyer's Compar. Odontology 191 The teeth of the earliest monodelphous mammals..are at the same time brachyodont—low-crowned and provided with well-developed roots. |