Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having hollow teeth: specifically applied to certain lizards, in distinction from pleodont, or solid-toothed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.

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  • noun Any of a group of lizards with hollow teeth.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek hollow + tooth.

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