syncranterian
English
Alternative forms
- syncranteric
Etymology
From syn- + Ancient Greek κραντήρες (krantḗres, “wisdom teeth”) + -ian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪŋkɹænˈtiɹi.ən/
Adjective
syncranterian (comparative more syncranterian, superlative most syncranterian)
- (herpetology) Having teeth in one continuous row.
- 1860, Edward Drinker Cope, “Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American Reptiles”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 12, page 342:
- The three Tropidonotes here described possess the true syncranterian type of dentition.
- 1987, Beat Schätti, “The Phylogenetic Significance of Morphological Characters in the Holarctic Racers of the Genus Coluber”, in Amphibia-Reptilia, volume 8, number 4:
- The type species, C. constrictor, definitely has syncranterian dentition.
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Antonyms
- diacranterian