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 bycanals ; said of certainedentates .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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A tubulidentate suiform lineage (Tayassuidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Spain.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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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
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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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