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odontoid

odontoid adjective: resembling a tooth, especially in shape.

Adjective

odontoid (comparative more odontoid, superlative most odontoid)

  1. Resembling a tooth, especially in shape

Noun

odontoid (plural odontoids)

  1. A separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process.

odontoid meaning in Tamil

odontoid in Tamil

பல் உரு, பல்லனைய

Forms of odontoid

Adjective
comparativemore odontoid
superlativemost odontoid
Noun
pluralodontoids

Origin of odontoid

Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”) + -oid

Words formed from odontoid

Phrases with odontoid

Questions about odontoid

What does odontoid mean?
Odontoid means resembling a tooth, especially in shape.
What is odontoid in Tamil?
Odontoid in Tamil is பல் உரு, பல்லனைய. See Odontoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is odontoid?
Odontoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near odontoid in the dictionary

  1. odontograph
  2. odontographic
  3. odontographies
  4. odontographs
  5. odontography
  6. odontoid
  7. odontoid process
  8. odontoid processes
  9. odontoidectomy
  10. odontoids
  11. odontolite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: odontoid (page history and authors); odontoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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