dentigerous

adjective

1. Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.

   They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dentigerous (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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