Definition of "acrodont" []

• Having teeth attached to the edge of the jawbone without sockets. (adjective)

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• "Evaluating trans-Tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics."
• "Pleurodont lizards are such as have the teeth attached by their sides {148} to the inner surface of the jaw, in contradistinction to acrodont lizards, which have the bases of their teeth anchylosed to the summit of the margin of the jaw."
• "It appears to have had that kind of attachment to the jaw, which has been called acrodont."