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Definition of Dentalium
1. n. A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.
Definition of Dentalium
1. Noun. Any of various tooth shells of the genus ''Dentalium'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dentalium
1. a mollusk with long, tapering shell [n -LIA or -LIUMS]
Medical Definition of Dentalium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentalium
Literary usage of Dentalium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"Sandy shores of England and Ireland. vm , 2. dentalium Dentalis. ... dentalium
eburneum. Ivory Tooth-shell. Shell a little taper and slightly bent, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum by Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1857)
"GENUS dentalium, Linn. The fullest account of the animal of this remarkable tribe,
... dentalium HYALINUM, Phil. Zeit.f. Mai. 1846, p. 55, no. 27. ..."
3. A Conchological Manual by George Brettingham Sowerby (1852)
"served in the tubular, curved form, the example of which will be the dentalium,
fig. 12. dentalium ..."
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