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English

Etymology

From hetero- (prefix meaning ‘different’) +? -odont (suffix meaning ‘tooth; toothed’). Hetero- is derived from Ancient Greek ?????? (héteros, “one or the other of two; different”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together; one”); while -odont is from Ancient Greek ????? (odoús, “tooth; tusk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed- (“to bite”) + *-ónts (suffix forming nouns denoting body parts). Synchronically, hetero- +? -odont

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?t????d?nt/, /?h?t???d?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?t????d?nt/, /?h?t??-/, [-????-], [-???-]
• Hyphenation: he?te?ro?dont

Adjective

heterodont (not comparable)

1. (zootomy) Having teeth of different types (like most mammals).

   Antonym: homodont

   Coordinate term: isodont
2. (malacology) Of bivalves or their hinge teeth: having two to three wedge-shaped cardinal teeth set in the centre near the umbones, generally also with elongated lateral teeth on the anterior and posterior margins.

   Coordinate terms: anodont, desmodont, dysodont, isodont, pachyodont, schizodont, taxodont

Derived terms

• heterodontism
• heterodonty

Related terms

Translations

See also

• diphyodont
• monophyodont
• polyphyodont

Noun

heterodont (plural heterodonts)

1. (zoology) A heterodont animal.
   1. (malacology) A heterodont bivalve.
2. A snake of the genus Heterodon which is native to North America.

Derived terms

• palaeoheterodont

Translations

References

Further reading

• heterodont on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hinge teeth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Heterodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Heterodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Romanian

Etymology

From French hétérodont.

Adjective

heterodont m or n (feminine singular heterodont?, masculine plural heterodon?i, feminine and neuter plural heterodonte)

1. heterodont

Declension

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman suggestioun, Old French suggestion (modern French suggestion), from Latin suggesti?, from suggero (“suggest”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??d???st??n/, [s??d????t??n]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s???d???st??n/, /s??d???st??n/
• Hyphenation: sug?ges?tion

Noun

suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)

1. (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

   I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.

   Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.

2. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.

   Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.

3. (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

   He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

4. The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
5. (law, countable) information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence

Synonyms

• (something suggested): hint, incitement, proposal
• See also Thesaurus:advice

Derived terms

Related terms

• suggest
• suggestive

Translations

Finnish

Noun

suggestion

1. Genitive singular form of suggestio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suggesti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.??s.tj??/

Noun

suggestion f (plural suggestions)

1. suggestion; proposal
2. suggestion (psychology, etc.)

Derived terms

• boîte à suggestions

Related terms

• suggérer

Further reading

• “suggestion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suggesti?.

Noun

suggestion f (oblique plural suggestions, nominative singular suggestion, nominative plural suggestions)

1. suggestion; proposal

References

• suggestion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub