-odontes

noun combining form

-o·​don·​tes

əˈdän‧ˌtēz,

ōˈd-

plural -odontes

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

—in names of zoological taxa

Gymnodontes

Priodontes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek odontes, plural of odōn tooth

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