megadontとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

megadont (comparative more megadont, superlative most megadont)

1. (zoology) Having large teeth
   • 1999 April 23, Berhane Asfaw et al., “Australopithecus garhi: A New Species of Early Hominid from Ethiopia”, in Science‎, volume 284, number 5414, →DOI, pages 629–635:

     Australopithecus garhi is certainly megadont, at least relative to craniofacial size.

   • 2012, Justin D. Yeakel et al., “Stable isotopes, functional morphology, and human evolution: a model of consilience”, in arXiv‎:

     Molar enamel thickness is a morphological trait that differentiates African apes from hominins, being manifested most dramatically in the megadont hominins (Paranthropus spp.) with hyperthick enamel.

派生語

• megadontia
• megadonty

アナグラム

• magnetod, montaged