| hypsodont |
Having teeth with tall crowns, as in horses or Gigantopithecus.
Ãâó: www.modernhumanorigins.com/h.html
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| hypsodont |
teeth with high crowns; usually rootless and ever-growing.
Ãâó: www.uvm.edu/~jdecher/GoT.html
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| hypsodont |
Cheek teeth with a high crown (eg horse)
Ãâó: www.uoguelph.ca/~mammals/Mammalogy_2005_glossary.h...
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| hypsodont |
Pertaining to a high-crowned tooth; such teeth have shallow roots. Adapted to withstand wear of abrasive substances contained in vegetation such as silica in grass.
Ãâó: www.humboldt.edu/~cmc43/glossary.htm
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| hypsodont |
(Gr = height) teeth have long crowns and short roots as seen in the horse. It them, it is a function adaptation for continuous wear sustained by chewing grass with a high abrasive silica content.
Ãâó: www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/2_4TerminologyInD...
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