holcodont

\\ˈhälkəˌdänt\ adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary holc- (from Greek holkos furrow) + -odont

: having the teeth set in a long continuous groove

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holcodont, a. Ornith.

(ˈhɒlkəʊdɒnt)

[f. Gr. ὅλκος furrow + ὀδοντ- tooth.]

‘Having teeth distinctly and separately socketed in a long continuous groove, as the Odontolcæ’ (Cent. Dict.).