-odonta

noun combining form

-o·​don·​ta

əˌdäntə,

ōˌd-

plural -odonta

: animal or animals having teeth of a (specified) nature

—in names of zoological taxa

Bunodonta

Creodonta

Heterodonta

Labyrinthodonta

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek odont-, odōn tooth

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