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Pycnodont

Pyc′no-dont

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] thick, crowded + [GREEK], [GREEK], a tooth.]
(Paleon.)
Any fossil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.

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pycnodont

pycnodont

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Noun

pycnodont (plural pycnodonts)

  1. (zoology) Any of the extinct oyster genus Pycnodonte.