Meanings
adjectivexenodontine (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyBelonging to a group of colubrid snakes with unusual teeth.
We characterized the skull morphology of 19 species of xenodontine snakes using geometric morphometric techniques, and used phylogenetic comparative methods to test the association between diet and skull morphology.
2016 February 18, “Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
nounxenodontine (plural xenodontines)
plural xenodontines
- biologyAny snake of the subfamily Xenodontinae
Origin
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