Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homodontism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mod-on-tism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Having a dentition of identical teeth.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Now that all mammals are led back to a distant diphyodont stem, it is also true that the further we go back both in palingenesis and embryogenesis, the more widespread heterodontism is—all modern homodontism proving to be secondary."

Etymology

From homodont + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: homodont

Usage

Uncountable

Antonyms

heterodontism

Questions

What does homodontism mean?: Having a dentition of identical teeth.
Where does homodontism come from?: From homodont + -ism.

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