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单词 placodont
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Definition of placodont in English:

placodont

noun ˈplakə(ʊ)dɒntˈplakəˌdänt
  • A marine shellfish-eating reptile of the Triassic period, having short flat grinding palatal teeth and sometimes a turtle-like shell.

    盾齿龙

    Suborder Placodontia, superorder Sauropterygia: several families and genera, including Placodus

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The placodont palate bears a rather striking resemblance to the turtle palate except that both the palatines and the maxillae bear huge crushing teeth.
    • Specifically, it seems quite possible that the choristoderes were originally shellfish-eaters like placodonts and only secondarily became long-snouted fish eaters.
    • This change is so dramatic that with the exception of a single genus of placodont, all Rhaetian marine reptiles are of the classic ‘Liassic’ (early Jurassic) type.
    • Ichthyosaurs and sauropterygians (plesiosaurs, placodonts, and nothosaurs) were marine reptiles restricted to the Mesozoic.
    • It had been suggested some time ago that turtles are closely related to the turtle-like placodonts.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek plax, plak- 'flat plate' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.

Definition of placodont in US English:

placodont

nounˈplakəˌdänt
  • A marine shellfish-eating reptile of the Triassic period, having short flat grinding palatal teeth and sometimes a turtle-like shell.

    盾齿龙

    Suborder Placodontia, superorder Sauropterygia: several families and genera, including Placodus

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It had been suggested some time ago that turtles are closely related to the turtle-like placodonts.
    • The placodont palate bears a rather striking resemblance to the turtle palate except that both the palatines and the maxillae bear huge crushing teeth.
    • Specifically, it seems quite possible that the choristoderes were originally shellfish-eaters like placodonts and only secondarily became long-snouted fish eaters.
    • Ichthyosaurs and sauropterygians (plesiosaurs, placodonts, and nothosaurs) were marine reptiles restricted to the Mesozoic.
    • This change is so dramatic that with the exception of a single genus of placodont, all Rhaetian marine reptiles are of the classic ‘Liassic’ (early Jurassic) type.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Greek plax, plak- ‘flat plate’ + odous, odont- ‘tooth’.

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