Pleurodont sentence example
pleurodont
- Pleurodont lizards with well-developed limbs; without temporal bony arches; postthoracic ribs united across the abdomen.
- In their general structure the Iguanidae closely resemble the Agamidae, from which they differ mainly by the pleurodont dentition.
- Trogonophis, Pachycalamus and Agamodon of Africa are all acrodont; the other genera are pleurodont.Advertisement