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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhachiodont
Rha′chi-o-dont
,Adj.
[Gr.
ῥάχις
, -ιος
, the spine + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], a tooth.] (Zool.)
Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (
Dasypeltis
) which swallow birds’ eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.