acrodont

NOUN

an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets

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Pleurodont lizards are such as have the teeth attached by their sides {148} to the inner surface of the jaw, in contradistinction to acrodont lizards, which have the bases of their teeth anchylosed to the summit of the margin of the jaw. On the Genesis of Species

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