Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having compound teeth composed of tubular bundles of denticles; of or pertaining to the Tubulidentata.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having teeth traversed by canals; said of certain edentates.

Etymologies

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tubule + -i- + dentate

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Examples

  • A tubulidentate suiform lineage (Tayassuidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Spain.

    Why putting your hand in a peccary’s mouth is a really bad idea Darren Naish 2006

  • A tubulidentate suiform lineage (Tayassuidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Spain.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • The doliochoerine Lorancahyus of Miocene Spain, for example, had tubulidentate teeth, and if that word sounds familiar that’s probably because you’ve seen it before as the group name for aardvarks: Tubulidentata.

    Why putting your hand in a peccary’s mouth is a really bad idea Darren Naish 2006

  • The doliochoerine Lorancahyus of Miocene Spain, for example, had tubulidentate teeth, and if that word sounds familiar that’s probably because you’ve seen it before as the group name for aardvarks: Tubulidentata.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

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