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octodentate

octodentate adjective: having eight teeth.

Adjective

octodentate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having eight teeth.

Origin of octodentate

From octo- + dentate.

Questions about octodentate

What does octodentate mean?
Octodentate means having eight teeth.
What part of speech is octodentate?
Octodentate is an adjective.

Words near octodentate in the dictionary

  1. octodecillion
  2. octodecillions
  3. octodecimal
  4. octodecimo
  5. octodecimos
  6. octodentate
  7. octodes
  8. octodont
  9. octodontid
  10. octodontids
  11. octodontine

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