Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleurodont \Pleu"ro*dont\, a. [Pleuro- + Gr. ?, ?, a tooth.]
(Anat.)
Having the teeth consolidated with the inner edge of the jaw,
as in some lizards.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleurodont \Pleu"ro*dont\, n. (Zool.)
Any lizard having pleurodont teeth.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pleurodont
n 1: an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the
alveolar ridge without sockets