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Selenodont - Wikipedia
Selenodont teeth are the type of molars and premolars commonly found in ruminant herbivores. They are characterized by low crowns, and crescent-shaped cusps
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SELENODONT Definition & Meaning | Merriam-Webster Medical
The meaning of SELENODONT is of, relating to, characteristic of, or being molar teeth with crescentic ridges on the crown. How to use selenodont in a ...
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The Diversity of Cheek Teeth - ADW
The cheek teeth of deer (Cervidae) and cattle (Bovidae) are selenodont. Many mammals, including humans, pigs, bears, and raccoons, have roughly quadrate ( ...
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selenodont
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 mola...
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SELENODONT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Selenodont definition: having molar teeth with crowns formed of crescent-shaped cusps.. See examples of SELENODONT used in a sentence.
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SELENODONT definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. (of the teeth of certain mammals) having crescent-shaped ridges on the crowns, as in deer noun 2. a mammal with selenodont teeth.
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My, what special teeth you have - Penn State Deer-Forest Study
Molars can be described as bunodont, lophodont, or selenodont. ... Lophodont (cusps form ridges) and selenodont (cusps form crescents) ...
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selenodont - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
selenodont (not comparable). Describing molar teeth that have crescent-shaped ridges on the crown. Of or pertaining to the Selenodonta.
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Selenodont
Selenodont = cheek teeth with crescent-shaped longitudinal cusps. Example above: selenodont cheek teeth from mandible of a white-tailed deer.
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Teeth – Morphology of the Vertebrate Skeleton
Selenodont teeth are seen in deer (Cervidae), cows and antelope (Bovidae), and camels (Camelidae). In other herbivorous mammals, the individual cusps are ...
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Pantolambda
Teeth
The teeth had a selenodont structure; enamel ridges with crescent-shaped cusps. Selenodont teeth are found in modern grazers and browsers such as cattle and deer, but Pantolambda'''s teeth were low-crowned and indicate a not very specialized
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bunodont
bunodont, a. and n. (ˈbjuːnədɒnt) [f. Gr. βουνός mound + ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth.] A. adj. Designating molar teeth whose crowns are elevated into tubercles; having tuberculate molars. B. n. A mammal with teeth of this pattern.1874 E. D. Cope in Jrnl. Acad. Nat. Sci. VIII. 72 Bunodont type; crown support...
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Amblypoda
was developed in each, but whereas in the Periptychidae, the upper molars were bunodont and tritubercular, in the Pantolambdidae, they had assumed a selenodont
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brachyodont
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 Detac...
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Bothriodontinae
The group can be distinguished from other anthracothere lineages by their upper molars with the mesostyle that is occupied by the transverse valley, selenodont
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