xenodontine
English
Etymology
xeno- + -odont + -ine
Adjective
xenodontine (not comparable)
- (zoology) Belonging to a group of colubrid snakes with unusual teeth.
- 2016 February 18, “Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- We characterized the skull morphology of 19 species of xenodontine snakes using geometric morphometric techniques, and used phylogenetic comparative methods to test the association between diet and skull morphology.
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Noun
xenodontine (plural xenodontines)
- (zoology) Any snake of this kind.