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from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- 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 .
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- adjective herpetology Having the
back teeth separated from thefront teeth.
Etymologies
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dia- + Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantēres, "wisdom teeth") + -ian
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