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bunodont
[ byoo-nuh-dont ]
adjective
- having molar teeth with crowns in the form of rounded or conical cusps.
bunodont
/ ˈbjuːnəˌdɒnt /
adjective
- (of the teeth of certain mammals) having cusps that are separate and rounded
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bunodont1
from Greek bounos hill + -odont
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Example Sentences
In the Pigs and their allies the crowns are bunodont, while in the more highly specialised Ruminants the crowns are selenodont.
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The Condylarthra have brachydont, generally bunodont teeth, with the premolars simpler than the molars.
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They generally have the typical mammalian series of forty-four teeth, the molars being brachydont and generally bunodont.
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The bunodont type is best seen in Pigs and Hippopotami and such extinct forms as Hyotherium.
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It has, however, been shown that selenodont teeth always pass through an embryonic bunodont stage.
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