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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

dentalium

/den-tey-lee-uhm/US // dɛnˈteɪ li əm //UK // (dɛnˈteɪlɪəm) //

齿科,齿列,牙齿,牙科

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural den·ta·li·ums, den·ta·li·a.

    • : any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.

Examples

  • A long white shell, of the genus Dentalium, found on the coast.

  • I did not succeed in determining whether, as in Dentalium, this early localization in Lanice pre-exists in the unsegmented egg.

  • This order has been formed for the purpose of giving a place in the system to the genus Dentalium.

  • The only genus of shells described in this family is Dentalium, fig. 2, to which may be added Pharetrium, Knig.

  • They were not tattooed, but ears and noses were encumbered with pendants of dentalium and a small red glass bead.

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