pleurodont

• Существительное, обозначающее животное, у которого зубы прикреплены к внутренней стороне челюстной кости без размещения в альвеолах.

A noun referring to an animal whose teeth are fused to the inner side of the jawbone without being set in sockets.

1. Tooth attachment typeC2formalscientific

   An animal whose teeth are fused to the inner surface of the jawbone, rather than being set in sockets.

   Плевродонт

   • Lizards and some snakes are pleurodonts, with teeth attached to the jaw's inner side.
   • The pleurodont's dental structure differs from the thecodont arrangement found in mammals.
   • In pleurodonts, tooth replacement occurs continuously throughout life.

   Antonymsacrodontthecodont