xenodontine

English

Etymology

xeno- +‎ -odont +‎ -ine

Adjective

xenodontine (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Belonging to a group of colubrid snakes with unusual teeth.
   • 2016 February 18, “Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     We characterized the skull morphology of 19 species of xenodontine snakes using geometric morphometric techniques, and used phylogenetic comparative methods to test the association between diet and skull morphology.

Noun

xenodontine (plural xenodontines)

1. (zoology) Any snake of the subfamily Xenodontinae