-odon

noun combining form

-o·​don

əˌdän,

ōˌ-,

-dən

plural -s

: animal having teeth of a (specified) kind

—chiefly in the names of genera in zoology

Iguanodon

mastodon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek odōn tooth

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