thecodont

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adjective

Having the teeth enclosed in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.

Similar
thecodont reptile
OriginAncient Greek θήκη →
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Meanings

adjectivethecodont (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyHaving the teeth enclosed in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
nounthecodont (plural thecodonts)

plural thecodonts

  1. archaicbiologyAny of the Thecodontia (a former group of archosaurs).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpresumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds

Similar
thecodont reptile
Broader
archosaurarchosaurianarchosaurian reptile

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekθήκη“case, chest”
  2. Englishthecodont

Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, chest”) + -odont.

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Translations

Hungarian gyökeres fogak, gyökeres fogazat
  • gyökeres fogakhaving teeth with roots &/or alveoli/sockets
  • gyökeres fogazathaving teeth with roots &/or alveoli/sockets
  • gyökereshaving teeth with roots &/or alveoli/sockets
Polish tekodontyczny
  • tekodontycznyhaving teeth with roots &/or alveoli/sockets
Russian текодонтный
  • текодонтный (tekodontnyj)having teeth with roots &/or alveoli/sockets
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APA

thecodont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thecodont

MLA

“thecodont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thecodont. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thecodont,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thecodont.

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