pachyodont
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
pachyodont (not comparable)
- (zoology) Having thick teeth.
- (zoology) Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve.
- The pachyodont arrangement is characteristic of the Chamidae, the jewel boxes.
Noun edit
pachyodont (plural pachyodonts)
- (zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.