-odonty

noun combining form

-o·​don·​ty

əˌdäntē,

ōˌd-,

-ti

plural -es

: condition of having a (specified) type of tooth formation

—chiefly in terms employed in anthropometry

selenodonty

Word History

Etymology

odont- + -y

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