Heterodontus

noun

Het·​er·​odon·​tus

-təs

: the type genus of Heterodontidae including most recent representatives of the family see port jackson shark

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from heter- + -odontus (from Greek odont-, odōn tooth)

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