Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthomegodont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thome-godont
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or having teeth with a nonelongated crown and symmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.

Etymology

Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from ortho- + meg- + -odont.

Inflected Forms

more orthomegodont (comparative) most orthomegodont (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

clinomegodont

Questions

What does orthomegodont mean?: Being or having teeth with a nonelongated crown and symmetrical median labial lobe, especially in rodents such as zokors.
Where does orthomegodont come from?: Coined by French philosopher, Jesuit priest, and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1942, from ortho- + meg- + -odont.

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