Definition of Bunodonts. Meaning of Bunodonts. Synonyms of Bunodonts

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Definition of Bunodonts

Bunodonts
Bunodonta Bu`no*don"ta, Bunodonts Bu"no*donts, n. pl. [NL. bunodonta, fr. Gr. ? hill, heap + ?, ?, a tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.

Meaning of Bunodonts from wikipedia

- metacone, a hypoconulid is located between a hypoconid and an entoconid. In bunodont molars, the cusps are low and rounded hills rather than sharp peaks. They...
- amongst African bunodont otter species, but it has been suggested that Enhydriodon dikikae and Sivaonyx beyi were both large terrestrial bunodont otters of...
- sea otter and two extinct relatives. It is the only extant genus of the bunodont otters group, referring to otters with non-blade carn****ials with rounded...
- mammals. Defining characteristics of kollikodontids include very specialized bunodont molars, which may indicate a diet of hard-s****ed animals like mollusks...
- have developed reduced canine teeth and specialized molars, including bunodont (low, rounded cusps) and hypsodont (high crowned) teeth. The development...
- known from jaw fragments, which have their characteristically generally bunodont teeth. The morphology of their teeth has led to proposals that polydolopimorphians...
- the tooth row. The molar teeth are bunodont, with very low and rounded cusps rather than shearing surfaces. Bunodont teeth are common in other omnivorous...
- from Argentina. They were generally small-medium in body size, and had a bunodont dentition. A close relationship with litopterns has been suggested by some...
- life, and their ch**** teeth exhibit brachydont (low-crowned teeth) and bunodont (having tubercles on crowns) structures. Colour mutations Newborn squirrels...
- as terrestrial predators like Ekorus, Eomellivora, and Megalictis and bunodont otters like Enhydriodon and Sivaonyx appeared. Eulipotyphlans were widespread...