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Meaning of heterodontism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Having a dentition of differing teeth.

uncountable

Examples

“Now that all mammals are led back to a distant diphyodont stem, it is also true that the further we go back both in palingenesis and embryogenesis, the more widespread heterodontism is—all modern homodontism proving to be secondary.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

heterodontosaur heterodontosaurid heterodonty Heterodox heterodoxness heterodoxy

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