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clinomegodont

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences

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Etymology

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from clino- + meg- + -odont.