Meaning of lopho- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. ridge, crest
   morpheme
2. tuft
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“lophodont teeth”

“The lophodont pattern can be seen particularly clearly in the elephant. Apart from the tusks [...] the elephant's teeth are reduced to a few enormous molars, each bearing numerous enamel ridges.”

“[Any] of the varieties above mentioned [...] may have⟳ one or more of its rays forked or branched like⟳ a tuft. The spicule is then said to be monolophous, dilophous, trilophous, or tetralophous according to the number⟳ of rays so affected.”

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