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PLEURODONT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pleurodont mean?
• PLEURODONT (noun)
The noun PLEURODONT has 1 sense:
1. an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
Familiarity information: PLEURODONT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pleurodont" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
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