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- Having thick or massive teeth, as a mammal or a mollusk.
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chained_bear commented on the word pachyodont
"A. adj. Having thick or massive teeth; spec. of, relating to, or designating (the dentition of) a bivalve mollusc characterized by one to three heavy, blunt teeth in the hinge of the shell, as typical of the extinct rudists (sometimes classified in an order Pachyodonta). Cf. PACHYDONT adj.
B. n. A pachyodont bivalve mollusc. rare." (OED)
September 9, 2008