HOMODONT

Etymology

Adjective

homodont (not comparable)

(zoology) Having teeth that are all of the same type

Noun

homodont (plural homodonts)

(zoology) Any organism with teeth all of the same type.

Source: Wiktionary


Hom"o*dont, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Anat.)

Definition: Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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