Zalambdodonta

plural noun

Za·​lamb·​do·​don·​ta

in former classifications

: an artificial division of Insectivora comprising the tenrecs and the golden moles which have narrow molars with V-shaped transverse crowns

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from za-, intensive prefix + Greek lambda (Λ) + New Latin -odonta

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