Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In odont., having the crowns of the molar teeth elevated into tubercles; having tuberculate molars: in general, opposed to lophodont; specifically, having teeth of the pattern presented by the Bunodonta.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Whose cusps are rounded, not sharp peaks.
  • noun A creature with teeth of this kind.

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Examples

  • The Collared peccary includes both bunodont and zygodont individuals across its range, and it seems that desert populations are more zygodont while populations from wetter places tend to be bunodont (Wright 1998).

    Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Among living species, the bunodont White-lipped peccary mostly eats nuts while the zygodont Chacoan peccary Catagonus wagneri mostly eats cacti.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Among living species, the bunodont White-lipped peccary mostly eats nuts while the zygodont Chacoan peccary Catagonus wagneri mostly eats cacti.

    Meet peccary # 4 Darren Naish 2006

  • The Collared peccary includes both bunodont and zygodont individuals across its range, and it seems that desert populations are more zygodont while populations from wetter places tend to be bunodont (Wright 1998).

    Meet peccary # 4 Darren Naish 2006

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