pleurodont vs animal

pleurodont and animal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pleurodont	Yes	No	No	No
animal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, animal is a hypernym of pleurodont; that is, animal is a word with a broader meaning than pleurodont:

pleurodont: an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of pleurodont include animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

pleurodont (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

pleurodont (adjective)	animal (adjective)
	marked by the appetites and passions of the body