Xenodontine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Xenodontine is an adjective meaning (zoology) Belonging to a group of colubrid snakes with unusual teeth.
Meaning
(zoology) Belonging to a group of colubrid snakes with unusual teeth.
More Meanings
- (zoology) Any snake of the subfamily Xenodontinae
Example Sentences
We characterized the skull morphology of 19 species of xenodontine snakes using geometric morphometric techniques, and used phylogenetic comparative methods to test the association between diet and skull morphology.
Word Forms
- xenodontines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anisodont, aglyphous, tubulidentate, schizodont, opisthoglyphous, proteroglyphous.
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