a. [f. Gr. λέχριο-ς slanting + ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth.] (See quot.)
1875. Huxley, in Encycl. Brit., I. 760/2. The one end of the palatine … becomes directed transversely to the axis of the skull, immediately behind the posterior nostril, its teeth continuing the transverse line of the teeth of the vomers. Salamanders with the teeth thus disposed have been termed ‘lechriodont.’ Ibid., 761/1. The ‘mecodont’ and ‘lechriodont’ Salamandrida.
