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pleurodont

/ˈplʊr.ə.dɒnt/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa un animal, generalmente un reptil, cuyos dientes se insertan en la cara interna de la mandíbula sin estar alojados en alveolos, o bien la condición de tener tal dentición.

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noun

/ˈplʊr.ə.dɒnt/C2formalscientific
  • esSustantivo que designa un animal, generalmente un reptil, cuyos dientes se insertan en la cara interna de la mandíbula sin estar alojados en alveolos, o bien la condición de tener tal dentición.

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.

    esPleurodonte

    • 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.

    Antónimosacrodontthecodont

Formas
  • pleurodonts plural form
  • pleurodonts' possessive plural form
  • pleurodont's possessive singular form