dentulous
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dentulous (not comparable)
- (usually medicine or zoology) Having natural teeth.
- Antonym: edentulous
- 1874 June, W. C. Barrett, "The Anatomical and Histological Structure of Deciduous Teeth," Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York, p. 121 (Google preview):
- The teeth of such of the reptiles as are dentulous, are simple organs of prehension, and not intended for mastication.
- 1979, William A. Clemens and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, "Multituberculata," in Jason A. Lillegraven et al. (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals, →ISBN, p. 112 (Google preview):
- No dentulous jaws of multituberculates found in deposits of Early Cretaceous age have yet been described.
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[edit]- “dentulous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.