bi dentate

bi·den·tate

[bahy-den-teyt]
adjective Biology.
having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes.

Origin:
1750–60; < Latin bident- (stem of bidēns, equivalent to bi- bi-1 + dēns tooth) + -ate1

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bidentate (baɪˈdɛnˌteɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
2.  chem (of a ligand) having two atoms from which electrons can be donated to the central coordinated atom

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Bi dentate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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