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dentigerous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin dentis (“genitive singular of dens”) + -gerous (“bearing”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
    • Female with dentigerous plate of ovipositor moderately wide and bearing 8–12 teeth; anal appendages of female not particularly pointed (B). 2006, Gunther Theischinger, John Hawking, The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia, page 136:
    • They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth). 1986, William E. Duellman, Linda Trueb, Biology of Amphibians, page 317:
    • Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells. 2001, Ben Z. Pilch, Head and Neck Surgical Pathology, page 203:

Synonyms

follicular (pertaining to tooth-generating tissue)