selenodont, a. and n.
(sɪˈliːnəʊdɒnt)
[f. Gr. σελήν-η moon + ὀδοντ- tooth.]
a. adj. Of molar teeth: Having crescentic ridges on the crowns. Also, having such teeth, of or pertaining to the Selenodonta. b. n. A selenodont animal.
| 1883 Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 429/2 The grinding surfaces of the molar teeth either of a distinctly tubercular (bunodont) or of a crescentic (selenodont) form. Ibid. 430/1 The Selenodont Artiodactyles. 1891 Flower & Lydekker Introd. Mammals 294 These features being unknown in any other Selenodonts. |