simplicidentate

simplicidentate
/sim'pleuh si den"tayt/, adj.
belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
[ < NL Simplicidentata group name, equiv. to L simplici- (s. of simplex) SIMPLEX + dentata, n. use of neut. pl. of dentatus DENTATE]

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