megodontia

English

Etymology

meg- +‎ -odontia

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mĕ'gədŏnʹtĭə, IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡəˈdɒntɪə/

Noun

megodontia (uncountable)

1. Rare form of megalodontia
   • 1995, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Report for the Fiscal Years, page 72:

     In what way, if any, might climate change have precipitated the origins of Hominidae and Australopithecus, megodontia in Paranthropus, and encephalization and tool making in earliest Homo?