Resembling or relating to enchodontids or their characteristics, particularly their tooth structure.
From Enchodus + -oid (resembling). The -oid suffix means 'resembling,' so enchodontoid means 'resembling an enchodontid fish.'
Scientists use -oid words all the time to say 'looks like but isn't exactly'—so enchodontoid teeth in other fish mean they evolved similar hunting adaptations even without being in the same family!
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