Definitions for Ceratodus

Ceratodus ce·rat·o·dus

Spelling: [suh-rat-uh-duh s, ser-uh
IPA: /səˈræt ə dəs, ˌsɛr əˈtoʊ dəs/

Ceratodus is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 892 anagrams from letters in Ceratodus (acdeorstu).

Definitions for Ceratodus

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  1. a lungfish of either of two genera, Ceratodus or Neoceratodus, having hornlike ridges on the teeth.

Origin of Ceratodus

1870-75; New Latin, equivalent to cerat- cerat- + -odus Greek odoús tooth

Examples for Ceratodus

The Australian mudfish (ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate.

Their organization might, in some respect, be like the ceratodus and proloptems; but this is not certain.

The fins of ceratodus are very variable, no two being exactly alike.

His purpose was the study of the wonderful Australian fauna, the oviparous mammals, marsupials, and ceratodus (lungfish).

The teeth of the extinct Dipteridae resemble those of ceratodus but are more complicated.

In ceratodus this is effected by an extension of the interauricular shelf into the ventricle.

Six pairs of branchial arches occur in Protopterus; ceratodus and Lepidosiren have five, like most other fish.

He ought rather to come out in the character of a ceratodus or a labyrinthodon.

However, teeth are found in the Trias which resemble those of the living ceratodus.

The living ceratodus was only discovered in 1870, and was regarded as a marvel of "persistence."

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