Dictionary entry

Acrodont

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ac″ro‐dont (�), n. [Gr. ἄκροσ summit + οδοὔσ, οδὄντοσ, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. — a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.