pachyodont

English

Etymology

From pachy- +‎ -odont.

Adjective

pachyodont (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having thick teeth.
2. (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

pachyodont (plural pachyodonts)

1. (zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.