Desmodonta

plural noun

Des·​mo·​don·​ta

in some classifications

: an order of Lamellibranchia comprising bivalve mollusks having no lateral teeth on the shell and the cardinal teeth often reduced or absent

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from desm- + -odonta

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