Meanings
- ridge, crest
lophodont teeth
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The lophodont pattern can be seen particularly clearly in the elephant. Apart from the tusks [...] the elephant's teeth are reduced to a few enormous molars, each bearing numerous enamel ridges.
1987, M.B.V. Roberts, T.J. King, Biology: A Functional Approach. Student's Manual, page 88 - tuft
[Any] of the varieties above mentioned [...] may have one or more of its rays forked or branched like a tuft. The spicule is then said to be monolophous, dilophous, trilophous, or tetralophous according to the number of rays so affected.
1964, Francis Bather, A Treatise on Zoology: The porifera and coelentera. Part 3, page 134
Origin
- Ancient Greekλόφος“crest”
- Englishlopho-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”).
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