cyrtomatodont

C3Y4R1T1O1M3A1T1O1D2O1N1T1

adjective

Hook-shaped, interlocking.

Opposite
deltidiodont
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Meanings

adjectivecyrtomatodont (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHook-shaped, interlocking.

    Antonyms: deltidiodont

nouncyrtomatodont (plural cyrtomatodonts)

plural cyrtomatodonts

  1. biologyA knob- or hook-shaped hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.
  2. A shell or organism with such dentition.

    The deltidiodont morphology did not survive the end-Permian extinctions; the modern articulated brachiopod fauna is dominated by cyrtomatodonts with crurae and loops.

    2001, David Harper, Rong Jia-Yu, “Palaeozoic brachiopod extinctions, survival and recovery”, in Geological Journal, volume 36, page 317

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHook-shaped, interlocking.

Opposite
deltidiodont

Origin

See cyrto- / κυρτός (kurtós), -odont / ὀδούς (odoús).

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APA

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Chicago

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