Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having teeth in an uninterrupted row: noting the dentition of those serpents whose posterior teeth are continuous with the anterior: opposed to diacranterian.

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  • adjective herpetology Having teeth in one continuous row.

Etymologies

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

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