dentes

[den-teez]

den·tes

[den-teez]
noun
plural of dens.
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dens

[denz]
noun, plural den·tes [den-teez] . Zoology.
a tooth or toothlike part.

Origin:
< Latin dēns; see tooth
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dens (děnz)
n. pl. den·tes (děn'tēz')

  1. Tooth.

  2. A toothlike process projecting upward from the body of the axis around which the atlas rotates. Also called odontoid process of epistropheus.

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