-odont

-odont

(word root) tooth

Examples of words with the root -odont: orthodontics

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-odont

suff.

Having teeth of a specified kind: pleurodont.

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[Greek -odōn, -odont-, from odous, odont-, tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots.]

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-odont

adj combining form, n combining form

having teeth of a certain type; -toothed: acrodont.

[from Greek odōn tooth]

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-odont

a combining form meaning “having teeth” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: diphyodont.

[< Greek -odous or -odōn -toothed, having teeth, adj. derivative of odoús, odṓn tooth]

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