desmodont meaning (dated): definition, etymology

desmodont

noun

Etymology From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Dated Any of a group of South American blood-sucking bats of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla.

adj

Etymology From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Of hinge teeth: having a large ligamentous resilifer (or chondrophore) which replaces the cardinal teeth.

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