Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having teeth attached to the edge of the jawbone without sockets.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of those lizards which have the teeth attached by their bases to the edge of the jaw, without bony alveoli on either the inner or the outer side.
- Pertaining to or resembling an acrodont; having that arrangement of the teeth which characterizes an acrodont: as, an acrodont lizard; acrodont dentition.
- Having the characters of the Acrodonta, or heterodontoid fishes.
Wiktionary
- adj. having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
- n. One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
Etymologies
- acr(o)- + -odont. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Evaluating trans-Tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics.”
“Pleurodont lizards are such as have the teeth attached by their sides {148} to the inner surface of the jaw, in contradistinction to acrodont lizards, which have the bases of their teeth anchylosed to the summit of the margin of the jaw.”
“It appears to have had that kind of attachment to the jaw, which has been called acrodont.”
“Agamids and chameleons share what are known as acrodont teeth: a morphology in which the teeth are fused to the jaw bones, and are therefore not replaced during the animal’s life (however, socketed teeth – which are replaced continuously – are usually found at the front of an agama’s jaws).”
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chained_bear Next time I want to call someone a reptile, I'm going to call him an acrodont instead.
Thanks sionnach. Jan 10, 2008
sionnach 1. Having the teeth attached to the upper surface of the jaw rather than encased in a socket, a condition seen in many lizards and fish.
2. The teeth of some reptiles that have no roots and are joined to the jawbone. Jan 10, 2008