Definition of heterodont Heterodont
het•er•o•dont
We found 6 definitions of heterodont from 3 different sources.
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What does heterodont mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- heterodont (a.)
Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont. - heterodont (n.)
Any animal with heterodont dentition.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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heterodont
het′er-o-dont, adj. having different kinds of teeth:—opposed to Homodont.—n.pl. Heterodont′a, an order of bivalves with hinge-teeth (cardinal and lateral) fitting into corresponding cavities in the opposite valve. [Gr. heteros, other, odous, odont-, a tooth.]
