clinomegodont

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adjective

Being or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

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Meanings

adjectiveclinomegodont (comparative more clinomegodont, superlative most clinomegodont)

comparative more clinomegodont · superlative most clinomegodont

  1. biologyBeing or having teeth with an elongated procumbent (forward-leaning) crown and asymmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Origin

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from clino- + meg- + -odont.

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APA

clinomegodont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinomegodont

MLA

“clinomegodont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinomegodont. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clinomegodont,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinomegodont.

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