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Pronunciation / Transliteration: yopsangchi
"초식동물은 종종 엽상치 구조의 치아를 가지고 있습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Having molars with the enamel forming transverse ridges or crests rather than rounded cusps.
"Elephants and tapirs possess lophodont teeth, which are exceptionally well-suited for grinding tough plant material."
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An animal, such as certain herbivores, that possesses lophodont dentition.
"The fossil record indicates that the prehistoric mammal was a lophodont specialized in a diet of leaves and twigs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin lophodontulus, combining the Greek lophos meaning 'crest' or 'ridge' and odous (stem odont-) meaning 'tooth'. Coined in the 19th century within evolutionary biology and paleontology to classify mammalian molar teeth featuring transverse ridges of enamel.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lophodont" is said worldwide
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lophodonte
Transliteration: lo-fo-dɔ̃t
"Les éléphants ont des molaires de type lophodonte."
lophodont
Transliteration: lo-fo-dɔnt
"Lophodonte Zähne sind ideal zum Zermahlen von Pflanzenfasern."
lofodonte
Transliteration: lo-fo-ˈdon-te
"La dentatura lofodonte è tipica di molti erbivori."
lofodonto
Transliteration: lo-fo-ˈðon-to
"Los molares del tapir son de tipo lofodonto."
lofodonte
Transliteration: lo-fo-ˈdõ-tʃi
"Os animais lofodontes possuem cristas transversas nos dentes."
लोफ़ोडोंट
Transliteration: lofodont
"शाकाहारी जीवों में लोफ़ोडोंट दांत पाए जाते हैं।"
脊齿的
Transliteration: jǐ chǐ de
"大象拥有脊齿的磨牙用于研磨植物。"
엽상치
Transliteration: yopsangchi
"초식동물은 종종 엽상치 구조의 치아를 가지고 있습니다."
横堤歯
Transliteration: outetishi
"ゾウの歯は横堤歯という特徴を持っています。"
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