dentalium

dentalium
/den tay"lee euhm/, n., pl. dentaliums, dentalia.
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
[1860-65; < NL < ML dental(is) DENTAL + -ium -IUM]

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  • Dentalium — Den*ta li*um, n. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Dentalium — Taxobox name = Dentalium image caption = Top: Dentalium entalis bottom: Dentalium tarentinum regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Scaphopoda ordo = Dentaliida familia = Dentaliidae genus = Dentalium genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758… …   Wikipedia

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  • dentalium — noun (plural dentalia) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin dentalis Date: 1847 any of a genus (Dentalium) of widely distributed tooth shells; broadly tooth shell …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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