a. Zool. [f. Gr. ζα-, intensive prefix + λάμβδα the letter lambda, Λ + ὀδους, ὀδοντ- tooth.] Belonging to the division Zalambdodonta of insectivorous mammals, characterized by short molar teeth with a single Λ- or V-shaped ridge: opp. to DILAMBDODONT.
1885. Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888), V. 136. The zalambdodont dentition.
1922. W. K. Gregory, Human Dentition, 52. Possibly some of the less specialized members of the Stylodontidæ might have given rise to the zalambdodont Insectivora of the Paleocene and later epochs.
