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Subhypsodont vs Hypsodont - What's the difference?

subhypsodont | hypsodont | Derived terms |

Hypsodont is a derived term of subhypsodont.



As adjectives the difference between subhypsodont and hypsodont

is that subhypsodont is describing teeth that have smaller than usual crowns while hypsodont is describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores.

As a noun hypsodont is

any organism whose teeth have large crowns.

subhypsodont

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (dentistry, of a herbivore) Describing teeth that have smaller than usual crowns

    • hypsodont

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia hypsodont) (-)
  • (dentistry) Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores)

    • Derived terms

    * subhypsodont

    Antonyms

    * brachydont

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any organism whose teeth have large crowns.