deltidiodont
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Simple in shape, not interlocking with the dental socket.
noun
A simple hinge tooth on the shell of a brachiopod.
Example Sentences
- "The orthide billingsellaceans with their strophic hinge lines, deltidiodont dentition and invariably calcareous shells, comprise two families which, although morphologically similar, have a fundamentally different style of shell secretion, reflected in their various descendants."
- "The deltidiodont morphology did not survive the end-Permian extinctions; the modern articulated brachiopod fauna is dominated by cyrtomatodonts with crurae and loops."