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dentaliums

dentaliums is the plural of dentalium.

Meaning of dentalium

Noun

dentalium (plural dentalia or dentaliums)

  1. Any of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.
    • Apart from the two or three bird masks, the only other zoomorphic mask was a wolf frontlet of cedar decorated in micaceous black paint with dentalium teeth, dentalium being an important form of wealth with some of the attributes of a currency.1999, Jonathan C. H. King, First Peoples, First Contacts: Native Peoples of North America, page 138

Questions about dentaliums

What is dentaliums the plural of?
Dentaliums is the plural of dentalium.

Words near dentaliums in the dictionary

  1. dentalises
  2. dentalising
  3. dentalism
  4. dentality
  5. dentalium
  6. dentaliums
  7. dentalization
  8. dentalizations
  9. dentalize
  10. dentalized
  11. dentalizes

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