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Definition of Sigmodont

Sigmodont
Sigmodont Sig"mo*dont, n. [Gr. ??? sigma (?) + ???, ???, a tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.

Meaning of Sigmodont from wikipedia

- magnus. Hershkovitz identified Holochilus as one of the members of a "sigmodont" group of American rodents, also including Sigmodon, Reithrodon, and Neotomys...
- (lacking complete mesoloph(id)s); instead, Holochilus was considered to be a sigmodont, related to Sigmodon and Reithrodon, and Pseudoryzomys and Zygodontomys...
- than both Lundomys and living Holochilus, characterized by an S-shaped ("sigmodont") crown on the third lower molar. Features of the molars are nearly indistinguishable...
- illustrated by Winge instead suggested affinities to the phyllotine or sigmodont groups. In 1921, renowned British mammalogist Oldfield Thomas described...