sb. and a. Zool. [f. Gr. ἄκρο-, see ACRO- + ὀδόντ-α tooth.] A name given by Owen to lizards whose teeth are firmly soldered to the ridge of the jaw-bones. Used also as adj.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., IV. 884/1. In a few Iguanians … the teeth appear to be soldered to the margins of the jaws; these have been termed ‘Acrodonts.’
1872. Mivart, Anat., 256. We may have teeth which become anchylosed to the summit of the jaw, there being no bony wall developed on either the inner or the outer side of the teeth, as in certain Lizards termed Acrodont.
1872. Nicholson, Palæont., 363. In its dentition Telerpeton seems to have been ‘acrodont.
