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dentiferous

dentiferous adjective: bearing teeth or tooth-like structures.

Adjective

dentiferous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures.
    • dentiferous cyst
    • dentiferous plate
    Synonyms:
    dentigerous

Synonyms of dentiferous

Origin of dentiferous

From Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -ferous.

Questions about dentiferous

What does dentiferous mean?
Dentiferous means bearing teeth or tooth-like structures.
What part of speech is dentiferous?
Dentiferous is an adjective.

Words near dentiferous in the dictionary

  1. denticulatin
  2. denticulation
  3. denticulations
  4. denticule
  5. denticules
  6. dentiferous
  7. dentification
  8. dentifications
  9. dentiform
  10. dentifrice
  11. dentifrices

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