Etymology

agomphious

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Ancient Greek ἀγόμφιος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγόμφιος“without molars”
  2. English todayagomphious

From Ancient Greek ἀγόμφιος (agómphios, “without molars”) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + γομφίος (gomphíos, “molar”), from γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”)) + -ious.

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