ziphodont

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adjective

Laterally compressed, sharp, and with serrated edges

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Meanings

adjectiveziphodont (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyLaterally compressed, sharp, and with serrated edges
nounziphodont (plural ziphodonts)

plural ziphodonts

  1. biologyAny organism with teeth of this kind.

Origin

From a scientific name Crocodilus ziphodon coined by Othniel Charles Marsh (1871). Apparently from an alteration of xipho- + -odont.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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