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Definition of 'dentigerous'English
Adjective
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Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
* 1986 , William E. Duellman, Linda Trueb, Biology of Amphibians , page 317 ,
- They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus , odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
* 2001 , Ben Z. Pilch, Head and Neck Surgical Pathology , page 203 ,
- Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.
* 2006 , Gunther Theischinger, John Hawking, The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia , page 136 ,
- Female with dentigerous plate of ovipositor moderately wide and bearing 8–12 teeth; anal appendages of female not particularly pointed (B).
Synonyms
* (pertaining to tooth-generating tissue) follicular
See also
* (Dentigerous cyst)
Similar to 'dentigerous'demitasses, demitazzas, demoticists, dimethicones, dentistries, denticules, dentiscalps, dianthuses, deintegrates, denticities, demodicids, dematiaceous, deamidases
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