desmodont
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).
Noun
desmodont (plural desmodonts)
- (zoology) Any of a group of South American blood-sucking bats of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for desmodont in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)