a. Ornith. [f. Gr. τόρμο-ς hole, socket + ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth.] Of a tooth or teeth: Set each in a separate socket or alveolus, as in certain fossil birds; of a bird: having socketed teeth.
1888. Gadow, in Nature, 20 Dec., 178/2. Ichthyornis and Apatornis … differ from recent Carinate birds in degree only, viz. by their tormodont teeth and amphicœlous vertebræ.
