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Rhachiodont

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(a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rhachiodont'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rhachiodont.html. 1828.
 
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