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BUNODONTE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

[Said of] teeth that have separate conical elevations (cusps) on the crown.

OBS

Such teeth are typical to mammal that subsist on a mixed diet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

[Se dit d']un type de denture des mammifères caractérisée par la présence de dents brachyodontes pourvues de quatre tubercules arrondis.

OBS

Les dents jugales «brachyodontes», à croissance limitée, appartiennent à deux types fonctionnels d'après la forme de leurs tubercules ou cuspides. [L'un d'eux,] le type bunodonte est caractérisé par des tubercules arrondis, conférant à la couronne une allure mamelonnée [...]

Spanish

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