megodontia

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UK/ˌmɛɡəˈdɒntɪə/

A form of megalodontia — The condition of having proportionately oversized teeth for the jaw in which they are set.

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Meanings

nounmegodontia (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableRare form of megalodontia

    In what way, if any, might climate change have precipitated the origins of Hominidae and Australopithecus, megodontia in Paranthropus, and encephalization and tool making in earliest Homo?

    1995, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Report for the Fiscal Years, page 72

Origin

From meg- + -odontia.

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