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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having teeth in rows separated by an interval: applied to the dentition of serpents in which the posterior teeth are separated by a considerable interval from the anterior: opposed to syncranterian. Also dicranterian.
  • Having a tooth in the hinder portion of the jaw longer than the other teeth. This type of dentition is found in some snakes, the common hog-nosed viper, Heterodon, being a good example: opposed to isodont.
  • noun A snake having a tooth in the hinder part of the jaw longer than the other teeth.

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  • adjective herpetology Having the back teeth separated from the front teeth.

Etymologies

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dia- +‎ Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantēres, "wisdom teeth") +‎ -ian

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