Definition of "heterodont" in English

adjective

1. (zootomy) Having teeth of different types (like most mammals).

2. (malacology) Of bivalves or their hinge teeth: having two to three wedge-shaped cardinal teeth set in the centre near the umbones, generally also with elongated lateral teeth on the anterior and posterior margins.

   • The heterodont arrangement is characteristic of the Venus clams and cockles.

noun

1. (zoology) A heterodont animal.

2. A snake of the genus Heterodon which is native to North America.