Entry: homodontic (adj.)
In context: "Withered saurian homodontic, Mario floats, for Hal."
Definition: From homodont (n.): Having teeth all of the same kind. Also said of the teeth. Opp. to heterodont.
Other: See also fn. 119: "...Mario's a homodont: all his teeth are bicuspids and identical, front and back, not unlike a porpoise..."
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 316
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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